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March 9th, 2026

Faculty Feature | Emily Martin

Emily Martin is invested in bridging the gap between the arts and entrepreneurship and innovation. She believes in the value of effectuation in higher education classrooms.  Discovered in the late 1990s by Saras Sarasvathy, effectuation is an entrepreneurial approach focusing on taking smart action with available resources. For those in the arts, this means taking an inventory of one’s skills, deciding on a path that involves a bit of risk, and going for it. Rather than leaving students to wait for someone else’s validation, Emily empowers them to identify their skills inventory and build opportunities on their own terms. What […]

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March 2nd, 2026

Building Bridges | Mark Ticknor and Meg Samek-Smith

A self-proclaimed “dog person,” Mark Ticknor, neuroscience ’26, has long been perplexed by cats’ odd behaviors. However, it wasn’t until he worked with mice on the neuromodulation team as an intern at The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation that Mark began to wonder whether there might be a better way to interpret animal behavior. While interning in Los Angeles, Ca., Mark was part of a team studying the impact of electrode implants on cancer. The team used sugar to lure mice – testing how well they could move towards it.  At the same time, Mark was sharing living space with […]

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