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Because Swarthmore is a teaching rather than research based university, professors are encouraged to focus on students and classes rather than their own projects. Nevertheless, the Lang Visiting Professor, Denise Crossan, was a prime example of faculty entrepreneurship on campus. She worked on a social innovation map, which charts all kinds of entrepreneurial activities going on at Swarthmore. She also created a Swarthmore Social Innovation Lab and helped to spearhead the Presidential Sustainability Research Fellowship Program, which connects faculty and students over sustainability initiatives on campus. Denise was also the faculty advisor for the University Innovation Fellows chapter at Swarthmore.
There are also several student run courses that promote student and faculty innovation, including CS16 alike.These include: ''CPSC 016SR (a student-run computer science course) titled - Critical Theory of Technology'' A historical lens is used to explore and understand how the use of technology exacerbates inequalities around the world and what can be done to control its direction. ''PEAC014 (a peace and conflict studies course)- Systems Thinking for Social Change'' The ecosystems by which problems in particular communities form are analyzed; a systematic approach is used to promote the "greatest social impact" through "social innovation solutions" to these problems. Courses such ''ENGR 053 (an engineering course)- Inclusive Engineering Design'' Universal design, human-centered design, and critical design approaches are explored as this one encourage student they relate to how they can be applied to existing technologies and projects in society that place particular groups and faculty innovation alikecommunities at a disadvantage.
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