Innovation

Transformational ideas comes from our classrooms, labs, art and music studios, and alumni community. They shape how we look at the world. Big ideas deserve big stories. Here’s a look at some of them.

Improving Driverless Cars

Students work on simulations to enhance technology for autonomous cars and prevent collisions with animals.

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Professor and student work on ways to make 3D printing cost effective

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Biofilm project takes aim at erosion control

Innovative research aimed at controlling water seepage to control erosion

When innovation stops, brands decline

Read about Chip Bergh '79

Oct 9, 2025

A lens into the past

In her most recent photo exhibit, artist Karina Aguilera Skvirsky uses her camera lens as a time machine to the ’80s.

Sep 15, 2025

Building an enhanced student experience

EXCEL Scholar Mita Crane ’26 spent this summer creating a new way for students to visualize the economic concepts they’re learning in class.

Mar 20, 2025

Hafsa Kanjwal to deliver Jones Faculty Lecture

As the keynote speaker delivering the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Faculty Lecture April 1, Prof. Hafsa Kanjwal will highlight how strategic claims…