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<p dir="ltr" style="textline-alignheight: justify1.4;"><span style="fontmargin-sizetop:medium0pt;"><span style="fontmargin-familybottom:arial,helvetica,sans11pt;text-serifalign: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c69fd1c694821db9-743e234b-a76321c6-9e7a122d-ea19a5cea8144dd07e546048"><span style="colorfont-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU - SOE students are ingrained, with a strong sense of innovation and entrepreneurship. Here, Students are constantly applying the I2E ("I squared E</span><span style=" font- invention, innovationsize: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, and entrepreneurship0) philosophy in our classrooms, competitions, organizations, workspaces, career development opportunities, and funding.</span; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I</span></span></span></p><p style="textfont-alignsize: justify16px;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumArial;"><span style="font-familycolor:arialrgb(0,helvetica0,sans0); vertical-serifalign: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span id="docs-internal-guid-c69fd1c6-743e-a763-9e7a-ea19a5cea814"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">E</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0);">The premier organizations on campus supporting this ideology are The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Association vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(EIA) and the Design Tinkering Club (DTC"I squared E" - invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship). EIA seeks to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem based on the I2E philosophy by hosting a student-faculty forum to “learn the concepts of entrepreneurshipin our classrooms, competitions, organizations, workspaces, provide the benefits of self-employmentcareer development opportunities, and the step-by-step path involved in launching and commercializing own ideas. Each year they host events, workshops, and challenges such as <funding.</span></span>[http:<//engineering.nyu.edu/innovention <span p><p dir="ltr" style="colorline-height: rgb(17, 85, 204)1.4; textmargin-decorationtop: underline0pt; verticalmargin-alignbottom: baseline11pt; whitetext-spacealign: pre-wrap; background-color: transparentjustify;">Inno/Vention</spanid="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-234b-21c6-122d-4dd07e546048">]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"">, </span>[http://riskyideas.com/ <The premier organizations on campus supporting this ideology are “The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Association” (EIA) and “The Design Tinkering Club” (DTC). EIA seeks to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem based on the </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Risky IdeasI</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and App Challenge. In addition, they are active participants in the <2</span>[http<span style="font-size://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience16px; font-stern/about/departmentsfamily: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-centersalign: baseline; white-initiatives/centersspace: pre-of-researchwrap;">E</berkley-center/programs/venture-competitions/index.htm span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU Entrepreneur Challenge</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0philosophy by hosting a student-faculty forum to “learn the concepts of entrepreneurship, 0provide the benefits of self-employment, 0); verticaland [learn] the step-by-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">step path involved in launching and commercializing” their own ideas.Each year they host events, workshops, and challenges such as</span></span><[http:/span></span><engineering.nyu.edu/p>innovention <p span style="textfont-alignsize: justify16px;"font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size:medium16px;"><span style="font-family:arialArial; color: rgb(17,helvetica85,sans204); text-serifdecoration: underline;"><span id="docsvertical-internal-guidalign: baseline; white-c69fd1c6space: pre-743e-a763-9e7a-ea19a5cea814wrap;">Inno/Vention</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The Design Tinkering Club, originally the OpenIDEO Student Chapter, uses design thinking processes to cultivate viable solutions for social issues. Each year, DTC champions the </span>[http://www.openideoriskyideas.com/ <span style="colorfont-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">OpenIDEO Challenge</span>]<span style="colorfont-size: rgb16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(017, 085, 0204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">across campus to spark engagement and awareness of the world’s most pressing social issues. In conjunction with NYURisky Ideas</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-SOE administrators and stakeholders such as NCIIA and NSFfamily: Arial; color: rgb(0, DTC launched The Greenhouse, a collaborative workspace for students and faculty to inspire, ideate, prototype0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and share their newest innovations and entrepreneurial venturesApp Challenge. The Greenhouse wants to further educate and cultivate design thinkers through its Youth Cafe, bi-weekly workshops and talks featuring professionals in entrepreneurship and innovation worlds. The In addition, they actively participate in the</span>[http://greenhousestorieswww.comstern.nyu.edu/youthexperience-cafestern/ about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/berkley-center/programs/venture-competitions/index.htm <span style="colorfont-size: rgb(1716px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Youth Cafe</span>]<span style="colorfont-size: rgb16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(017, 085, 0204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">gives the NYU community a chance to listen, share, and network with change makers from around the world.</spanEntrepreneur Challenge</span>]</span></span></span></p><p style="textfont-alignsize: justify16px;"><span style="font-sizefont-family:mediumArial;"><span style="font-familycolor:arialrgb(0,helvetica0,sans0); vertical-serifalign: baseline;"white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span id></span></p><p dir="docs-internal-guid-c69fd1c6-743e-a763-9e7a-ea19a5cea814ltr"><span style="colorline-height: rgb(0, 0, 0)1.4; verticalmargin-aligntop: baseline0pt; whitemargin-spacebottom: pre-wrap11pt; backgroundtext-coloralign: transparentjustify;">NYU<span id="docs-internal-SOE students can learn first hand what it takes to be a working entrepreneur through their Skillguid-94821db9-based Program for Incubator Knowledge and Employment (SPIKE). This program aims to support early234b-stage companies developing in SOE's incubators while simultaneously providing an opportunity for students to learn the skills necessary to find employment after completing their studies (21c6-122d-4dd07e546048"></span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/SPIKE <span stylestyle="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); textvertical-decoration: underline; vertical-alignalign: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">SPIKE Homepage</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0The Design Tinkering Club, 0originally the OpenIDEO Student Chapter, uses design thinking to cultivate viable solutions for social issues. Each year, 0); vertical-alignDTC champions the</span>[http: baseline//www.openideo.com/ <span style="font-size: 16px; whitefont-spacefamily: pre-wrapArial; background-color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0);"vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). These internships are held at one of the three offices in the </span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/business/incubators <span style<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE IncubatorsOpenIDEO Challenge</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">. These spaces are also open across campus to current NYU & spark engagement and awareness of the world’s most pressing social issues. In conjunction with NYU-SOE administrators and stakeholders such as NCIIA and NSF, DTC launched The Greenhouse, a collaborative workspace for students and faculty to work on their own venturesinspire, free of chargeideate, prototype, and share their newest innovations and entrepreneurial ventures. In addition, The Greenhouse wants to career development, NYU-SOE is also a part of the </further educate and cultivate design thinkers through events like Youth Cafe: bi-weekly workshops and talks featuring professionals in entrepreneurship and innovation worlds.</span>[http:</span></wwwp><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.nyu.edu/about/university4;margin-initiatives/entrepreneurshiptop:0pt;margin-atbottom:11pt;text-nyu/accelerate/nyualign: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-234b-21c6-summer122d-launchpad.html 4dd07e546048"><span style="colorfont-size: rgb(1716px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU Summer LaunchPad</span-SOE students can learn first hand what it takes to be a working entrepreneur through SPIKE: the </span>][http://engineering.nyu.edu/SPIKE <span style="colorfont-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(017, 085, 0204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">, a 10 week summer program Skill-based Program for graduating NYU Incubator Knowledge and NYU-SOE student teams to accelerate their new ventures forward.</span>Employment</span>]</span></span></p><p style="textfont-alignsize: justify16px;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumArial;"><span style="font-familycolor:arialrgb(0,helvetica0,sans0); vertical-serifalign: baseline;"><span id="docswhite-internalspace: pre-guid-c69fd1c6-743e-a763-9e7a-ea19a5cea814wrap;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical. This program aims to support early-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE stage companies developing in SOE's incubators while simultaneously providing an opportunity for students have access to a variety of funds learn the skills necessary to get find employment after completing their ideas and ventures studies. These internships are held at one of the ground, such as three offices in the </span>[http://wwwengineering.nyu.edu/aboutbusiness/universityincubators <span style="font-initiatives/entrepreneurshipsize: 16px; font-at-nyu/fund/nyu-prototyping-fund.html <span style="family: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Prototyping Fund<</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(017, 085, 0204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and theNYU-SOE Incubators</span>[http]<span style="font-size://www.nyu.edu/about/university16px; font-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/innovation-venture-fund.html <span style="colorfamily: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Innovation Venture</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0">. These spaces are also open to current NYU & NYU-SOE students to work on their own ventures free of charge. In addition to career development, 0, 0); verticalNYU-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Fund to name a few. You can find a robust listing SOE is also a part of the</span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fundaccelerate/nyu-summer-launchpad.html <span style="colorfont-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU Summer LaunchPad</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: a 10 week summer program for graduating student teams to accelerate their new entrepreneurship ventures.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-234b-21c6-122d-4dd07e546048"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While NYU-SOE students have access to a variety of funds to get their ideas and ventures of the ground, such as the</span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/nyu-prototyping-fund.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prototyping Fund</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the </span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/innovation-venture-fund.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation Venture</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>[https://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/innovation-venture-fund.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fund</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, you can find the full listing</span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: pre-wrapArial; background-color: transparent;">here</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br/></div>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></span></span> =
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-743f-3062-26ed-b46cfc5bc620"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE is the home to the Center for Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning (FITL), 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>[http://www.poly.edu/academics/support/fitl <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">FITL Homepage</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">).</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br/></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>