Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!As the fog of new year celebrations wear off, it is interesting to reflect on such beginnings. Although New Year's Day is a completely arbitrary designation, the beginning of the year...
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What is effective team work?
I have the pleasure and privilege of sitting in on iCons I: Global Challenges/Scientific Solutions, every Tuesday and Thursday. This past Thursday (February 10, 2011) the discussion gave me a new...
View Article"Why Diversity in University?"
Several years ago I wrote an essay about gender diversity in chemistry, which was published in the wildly popular "Chemical and Engineering News," the trade magazine for all chemical scientists in the...
View ArticleThere's No "I" In Team, But There Is In "iCons"
I begin with an apocryphal story about Michael Jordan, the Hall-of-Fame basketball player, when Phil Jackson became his coach in 1989. Coach Jackson called MJ in for a chat, saying: "Michael, you gotta...
View ArticleBecoming a Genius, One Mistake at a Time
There is a quote floating around that has, at times, been attributed to Albert Einstein: "A genius is someone who makes every mistake once." ...read more
View ArticleThe iCons Experience - Case Study demo day
EDIT: Room change- This event is now in Lederle Tower, room 201-203. For all our iCons friends who've heard so much about our program, we've created an opportunity for you to experience it...
View ArticleWelcome to a new academic year!
Dear iCons Family and Friends, Welcome to the new 2011-2012 academic year! This marks the beginning of iCons’ 2nd year, with much accomplished already and with many opportunities ahead. We’re so proud...
View Article"About Me" by Scott Auerbach, iCons Director and i2e Faculty Guide
How does one get hooked by integrative science, you ask? I'm not sure there is any singular or optimal pathway, but I can share with you how I got here. For me, the key has always been being blind to...
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Apply to iCons!
iCons is now accepting applications for its third cohort of students. The application closes on Thursday, October 18. Don't wait, apply today!
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Where's the War on Warming?
Images of the death and the estimated $50 billion worth of damage [1] caused by Hurricane Sandy remind me that we Americans need to get slapped in the face to get serious about problems like climate...
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What can we learn from a kidney transplant?
Dr. Joseph Murray, the first doctor to successfully transplant an organ, died last week at the age of 93. More than 600,000 people have received an organ transplant since Dr. Murray developed the...
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Today's Students, Tomorrow's Clean Tech Leaders
Last year David Brooks bemoaned the clean tech industry as a “Sad Green Story” in the New York Times. In 2006 Ken Robinson’s TED talk claimed that today’s educational systems are killing creativity. Do...
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iCons Student Round Up: October 3rd, 2014
iCons on the SpotName: Olivia LiYear: Sophomore(iCons 2 - the Fourth Dimension Cohort)Major: Double major in Psychology(on the neuroscience track) and TheaterFavorite class this semester: Abnormal...
View ArticleiCons Student Round Up: October 20th, 2014
The Second Wave iCons students currently in iCons 4 are hard at work on video abstracts, in which they explain the context and goals of their research. For a sneak preview, I spoke with Second Wave...
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iCons Student Round Up: November 7, 2014
The students in the iCons Fourth Dimension cohort are glad to be back on campus for their sophomore year. I caught up with two scholars after the iCons Fall Workshop to find out what they are up...
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iCons Student Round Up: November 19, 2014
What does it take to get into a research lab? That was the topic of the November iCons Coffee Hour, where iCons 4 students took a step back from the research projects they are undertaking in UMass...
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iCons Alum Profile: Nicole Foxworth
Wondering how the iCons Program will help YOU succeed in the professional world? See what alum Nicole Foxworth has to say about how iCons helped jumpstart her career: Nicole Foxworth is a graduate of...
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iCons Faculty Profile: Jared Starr
Wondering what entices the creme de la creme of UMass faculty to teach in the iCons Program? Or what iCons faculty do when they are not planning, teaching and dreaming about their iCons courses? iCons...
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iCons: February Coffee Hour Recap
iCons students and faculty got a small taste of blacksmithing and a generous helping of donuts at last month's iCons Coffee Hour, where iCons 1 Professor Justin Fermann shared his striking old-school...
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