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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-2351-f7a1-96a9-c366810346ae"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU-SOE is the home to the Center for Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning (</span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/support/fitl <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FITL</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">): a faculty-centered enterprise dedicated to the advancement of educational practice. Its mission is to partner with the NYU-SOE community to promote innovative teaching strategies and technologies for learning. FITL was created through a 5-year, $1.92 million Title III Strengthening Institutions grant the US Department of Education awarded NYU-SOE in October 2008. Its objective is to increase NYU-SOE’s reputation as a leader in STEM higher education through extensive faculty training and providing resources to incorporate educational technology within the classroom and curriculum.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-2351-f7a1-96a9-c366810346ae"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Additionally, NYU-SOE has a network of </span></span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/business/incubators/faculty-engineers-in-residence <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">faculty-engineers-in-residence (EIRs)</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>]&nbsp;<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to advise students on pursuing entrepreneurial ventures and innovating products as well as to advise companies in the school's incubators. The EIRs also provide the students with connections to accelerate the progression of their venture.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>