Innovation and liberal arts

Date of Event: April 6, 2012

Posted: March 23, 2012

GRANVILLE, Ohio—“Innovation Networks, Liberal Arts and the Strength of Weak Ties” is the title of a lecture that will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 6, in the Library Viewing Room of the William Howard Doane Library (400 West Loop). Bruce Rogers, a fellowship instructor at Augustana College, will present the lecture, which is sponsored by the Doane Library and is free an open to the public. For more information, contact Joshua Finnell at 740-587-8651 or visit www.denison.edu.

Rogers’ work has appeared in Journal of Natural Resources, the Social Science Research Network, and in the IEEE Proceedings on Decision and Control. His lecture will explore the important role of diversity and weak ties between breakthroughs and innovations. He also will address the ways in which invention and innovation are a result of liberal arts education.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Lecture: “Innovation Networks, Liberal Arts and the Strength of Weak Ties” at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 6, in the Library Viewing Room of the William Howard Doane Library (400 West Loop). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Joshua Finnell at 740-587-8651 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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