Looking to the Future – Academic Collaboration

  • With a charge from the COF Presidents to develop a prototype for a distinctive collaborative academic program that capitalizes on the unique strengths of each of the five institutions and our location in the Longwood Medical Area, the COF Chief Academic Officers are launching a task force that will focus on a creating a new program on the Future of Healthcare Design.  Members include:
    • Emmanuel College – TBA
    • MassArt – Martha Rettig, Communication Design and DMI Program Coordinator and Lars Fischer, Industrial Design and MDes Program
    • MCPHS University – Devan Hawkins, Instructor of Public Health and Robin Harvan, Professor of Health Sciences
    • Simmons University – TBA
    • Wentworth Institute of Technology – Lynette Panarelli, Associate Professor, Interior Design and Joseph Martel-Foley, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Convened after reviewing the proposals from three of the Davis Faculty Mini-grant teams, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Task Force is charged with identifying three options for operationalizing a shared center focused on entrepreneurship and innovation that brings the institutions together in a meaningful way; providing the best support for all member institutions and utilizing the distinct strengths of each institution. Members include:
    • Emmanuel College – Anne Marie Pasquale, Chair of the Dept of Business and Economics
    • MassArt – Sara Hartmann, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design
    • MCPHS University – Gail Marcus, Assistant Professor and Interim Department Chair, PBAS
    • Simmons University – Teresa Nelson, Professor, School of Business
    • Wentworth Institute of Technology – Monique Fuchs, Associate VP, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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