Part of my current task is a “road show” of sorts, talking to various groups around campus about the project. This eerily mirrors what one good friend predicted for my eventual career end-point: Dr. Brown the Science Clown. So as I ride my unicycle into various campus meetings, carrying posters of the new Center, I hear a lot of interesting feedback.
When meeting with our faculty union’s policy board (USFFA), I found an enthusiastic project fan in Professor of Finance, Manuel Tarrazo.
So I asked him, why are you a fan of the CSI project, Professor Tarrazo?
I do firmly believe this is a major development with clear implications for the business education of the future.
Despite the fact that he may not teach a class in the new project, he breaks it down as follows:
Symbiosis
The case of biotech has highlighted the necessity to mesh “the business of science” with “the science of business.” The new science complex will create oportunities to engage in that most forward looking approach to comprehensive business & science collaboration.Keeping up with the Global Joneses
In Europe and many other parts of the world, business is reinforced and expanded with engineering to create “Industrial Engineering” degrees — these are pervasive is some countries. Although some of our partners and competitors are already set up to do these things, USF is not there yet. But the critical step in the right direction, the Center for Science and Innovation, is being taken.
Thank you for those insights, Professor Tarrazo. Okay, I am globally jonesing for some coffee, so I’ll sign off for now. Coming up, the road show returns to LA — Beverly Hills even.
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