Click here to register. Let's reimagine Mardi Gras festivities and experiences to improve our resilience and adaptability to changing climate! The Taylor Center’s short DT & Donuts workshop introduces participants to human-centered design (HCD) as a collaborative, creative, information-synthesis process…
NEWDAY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES Theaster Gates (b. 1973, Chicago, USA) lives and works in Chicago. Gates creates work that focuses on space theory and land development, sculpture and performance. Drawing on his interest and training in urban planning…
Are you interested in becoming a Taylor Student Fellow? Then come meet the current fellows to get the inside scoop on the fellowship and application. Taylor Student Fellows are more than the usual student worker and are treated as paraprofessionals. Specifically, fellows:…
The FAST 48 is an immersive boot camp to cultivate mindsets and practical skills in human-centered design (HCD). It’s designed for graduate students and professionals— you might be scientists, educators, artists, business owners, university staff, or faculty. Over a fast-paced…
Applications for Taylor's student fellowships and graduate assistantships are due March 23 at 11:59 p.m. Taylor Student Fellows and Graduate Assistants (GAs) are paraprofessionals who are responsible for creating and implementing Taylor programs and increasing campus and community awareness of…
The Taylor Student Showcase is a dynamic event to celebrate the CI+ Social Venture Accelerator graduates and Taylor award winners for 2017-2018. During the event, we have will simultaneous presentations from CI+ graduates and you will have a chance to…
Join our two-hour crash course to get a taste of human-centered design (HCD), a process to generate new ideas to solve problems, while keeping our end-users front and center. In this fast-paced, hands-on activity, participants will learn some basic mindsets…
In collaboration with CELT, Taylor will host an introductory HCD workshop at the Taylor Center on Wed August 15th afternoon, as part of the CELT-led Think, Design, Make workshop running Aug 15 (full day), Aug 16 and 17 mornings with…
Join us for the return of the Social Innovation Conversations, featuring a fun, stimulating conversation with Jeanne Firth and Máille Faughnan about their dissertation research. Máille Faughnan is a SISE Instructor and Research Fellow with the Taylor Center and a…
For our first workshop of the semester, learn some basic attitudes of design thinking via the classic paired workshop. The two-hour “crash course” introduces participants to human-centered design (HCD) as a process to generate new ideas to solve problems, while…
