“Innovation is such a buzzword.” “The most innovative solutions come from the community.” “Innovation is about humility.” “Innovation is central to what we do.”

This year’s Innovation Fellows share experiences and insights.

“In September 2018, a group of global educators, innovators, and funders convened at Yale School of Management to discuss systems change education in an innovation context. The premise of the convening was that current paradigms in social innovation and entrepreneurship education overlooked many core competencies and perspectives needed for systems change.”

“Saying that ‘[thinking] innovatively is an important component of educational excellence for students of all levels — and not only in the sciences,’ Salovey wrote about Yale’s new innovation corridor, which includes the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design, the Greenberg Engineering Teaching Concourse, and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY).

Yale has a vibrant ecosystem for innovation: from pioneering arts productions to scientific breakthroughs, students, faculty, and community members are reimagining the status quo in diverse fields.

Over the course of seven weeks, in a classroom and the makerspace of the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation & Design (CEID), five multi-disciplinary teams worked to create new medical technologies.

As an emergency medical technician in rural Vermont, Yale School of Public Health student Taiga Christie saw first-hand how emergency workers’ lives are impacted by stress, trauma, exhaustion and other demands of their jobs.

This spring, two Intensives welcomed students from across Yale’s campus to explore key technical skills and concepts.