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      Life Under Drones Symposium

      On September 18th and 19th, 2019, the Innovation Studies Program co-sponsored the Life Under Drones Symposium , which took place on the PLU campus and featured students, faculty, and an array of national experts on the subject. Life Under Drones was the first of its…

      September 12, 2019
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      Sven Beckert of Harvard University to Give Benson Lecture

      On October 9, 2019, the PLU community welcomed Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture took place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the Anderson University…

      July 31, 2019
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      What Game of Thrones Teaches Us About Innovation

      By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler…

      May 26, 2019
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      Alice Steinglass Visits October 9 for Workshop and Lecture

      Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org  on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…

      October 1, 2018
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      Getting Creative: PLU’s Gateway Class in Innovation Studies

      By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific Lutheran University is introducing a new class that serves as a gateway to the Innovation Studies Program . Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society is a team-taught course that combines many different fields of study into one. It…

      September 3, 2018
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      How Innovative was the Apple II?

      By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand…

      July 23, 2018
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      The 2018 Rachel Carson Science and Technology Lecture

      TUESDAY | MARCH 6, 2018 | 7:30PM | ANDERSON UNIVERSITY CENTER – CK @ PLU The Innovation Studies program at PLU would like to draw attention to an important event on campus with much value for our students and faculty: The 2018 Rachel Carson Science,…

      March 6, 2018
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      Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon

      On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations . Interested PLU students…

      February 6, 2018
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      Where History and Innovation Meet

      by Damian Alessandro. The scope of human history is vast, encompassing everything that has happened in past societies. However, when most students think about history, they usually focus on the dates and events that have been highlighted in textbooks. These events tend to include social…

      November 28, 2017
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      Enhancing Your Major with Innovation Studies

      By Sarah Cornell-Maier. PLU has a new Innovation Studies program. In fact, I’m a new Innovation minor–one of the first in a growing cohort, scheduled to graduate in May 2019. This series of blog posts is designed to give you the details on the minor,…

      November 8, 2017
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