Join the Universitas 21 Global Ingenuity Challenge: The Challenge of Sustainable Housing

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 USE YOUR INGENUITY TO SOLVE A CRITICAL GLOBAL PROBLEM

Join the Universitas 21 Global Ingenuity Challenge:  The Challenge of Sustainable Housing

Calling students from all majors!

Apply to become part of a five member UConn team to find an innovative solution to “The Challenge of Sustainable Housing.” You will be competing with teams that are drawn from other international universities in the Universitas 21 (U21) global network. Your work will be overseen by two UConn professors who will act as facilitators: Professor Norman Garrick (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Professor Carol Atkinson-Palombo (Geography).

The two week long challenge will take place in March, partly during Spring Break. At the start, your two facilitators will share the specifics of the challenge with the team. Students will then have two weeks to work on the challenge and invite comments from trusted advisors. Technical support will be provided by the online interactive web based platform, Ingenuity OnLine. At the end of the 2-week period, students will upload a 3-minute video with their proposed solution to the challenge. Their video will be assessed by a judging panel as well as by their peers. Students who participate in the challenge will review all videos submitted by their peers and vote for one of them (not their own, of course). The team with most votes will receive the Peers’ Choice award certificate.

A prize of US$1,000 per student on the winning team will be awarded, to be spent on participation in another U21 student activity, including study abroad at a U21 partner university.

Application Online: http://globalpartnerships.uconn.edu/universitas-21/global-ingenuity-challenge-the-challenge-of-sustainable-housing/. In order to apply, you will need to do the following:

  1.   Fill out the application form that includes uploading your UConn transcript and writing a short essay.
  2.   Ask a faculty member to serve as a reference, and forward him/her this link for the online Faculty Reference Form: http://globalpartnerships.uconn.edu/universitas-21/global-ingenuity-challenge-the-challenge-of-sustainable-housing/2016-u21-global-ingenuity-challenge-faculty-reference-form/.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2016

For more information, contact: Dorothea Hast (dorothea.hast@uconn.edu) in Global Affairs.

For more information on the challenge: http://www.universitas21.com/event/details/243/global-ingenuity-challenge-the-challenge-of-sustainable-housing