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Check out the stories in the latest edition of Think magazine

FEATURED | October 24, 2018
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF
The 2018 fall/winter edition of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's Think magazine is now available at numerous locations around campus, including in academic buildings and at the Tinkham Veale University Center. The online version is a click away at . The magazine, published twice a year, offers intriguing, compelling and surprising stories about the university community—both on campus and beyond. All the features in this issued focused on the university’s entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem.

The issue features:

The Ecosystem Edge

Illustration that demonstrates the various activities that take place in Sears think[box] with a floor-by-floor depiction Illustration by Adam Simpson.The university is cultivating an environment designed to educate, mentor, advise and elevate entrepreneurs and other creators.

Inside Sears think[box]

Peek into our illustration of the seven-story Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box], an innovation center open to the campus community and the public. It is a focal point of the university’s entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem.

Road Map to the Heart

Two graduate students turned entrepreneurs transformed a medical breakthrough from a lab project into a clinical tool. Years later, Medtronic bought the company they co-founded for $93 million.

Sending Discoveries into the World

Faculty members are transforming research into consumer and clinical uses.

Other stories include:

Meet New Provost Ben Vinson III

Provost Ben Vinson III walks across campus with two students Students Adrian Hattan and Esmeralda Terrazas with Provost Ben Vinson. Photo by Matthew Lester. A historian and former dean, he’s eager to tell the university’s larger story

Core Mystery

What we know—and don’t—about what’s at the center of the Earth

Studying Difficult Conversations

Researchers examine how oncologists, patients and families connect—or don’t

Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Study examines risk children face

Protecting Speech

Photo taken behind protesters holding signs upNew law clinic defends First Amendment rights

The Experience Economy Revisited

Why an acclaimed concept still resonates two decades later

A Legacy of Activism

The African American Society turns 50

Stories about alumni include:

Give Her Props

prop-heads Foam heads created by Cassie Dorland (CWR ’10) and her team for production of Venus. Photos taken from a signature theatre video on YouTube about the creation of the heads. Making illusions reality at NYC's Signature Theatre

Making the Difficult Possible

Empowering communities in Africa

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