February 18, 2025

Are you a graduate student or postdoc interested in how your work and talents can build on ideas for positive societal impact?

Idea Dinners are for you! In these three dinners you will apply industry-like approaches to take on challenges such as:

  • Good health and well being
  • Clean water and sanitation
  • Affordable and clean energy
  • Sustainable cities and communities
  • Responsible consumption and production
  • Quality education

Bring your ideas and friends, meet new people, have fun and enjoy free food.

Join us for our last session of Spring 2025!

Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) Conference Center
S330-340 Life Science Laboratories  



Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
DESIGN: Collaborate with peers from all over campus to engage in a hands-on, industry-inspired experience to DESIGN and mock-up a solution to a real-world challenge. Every graduate student and postdoc brings a unique perspective to problem solving. Share yours! Warm up your inner innovator over food, have fun, and make new connections. No experience necessary.

 


Previous Session

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
IMAGINE: Collaborate with peers from all over campus to practice an industry-inspired approach to applying research, inventions, and know-how to real-world challenges. Every graduate student and postdoc brings a unique perspective to problem solving. Share yours! Warm up your inner innovator over pizza, have fun, and make new connections. No experience necessary.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
VISUALIZE: Collaborate with peers from all over campus to examine and visualize complex real-world challenges. Every graduate student and postdoc brings a unique perspective to problem solving. Share yours! Warm up your inner innovator over food, have fun, and make new connections. No experience necessary.

Contact Heather Aiken ([email protected]) with any questions.