In eight workshops, experts shared their insights with the young researchers about networking, publishing, grant writing, career planning, creativity, project management, and giving presentations.
It's because the capacities they develop -- independent judgment, creativity, project-management and time-management skills, strong written and oral communication skills -- are precisely the ones they will need to make their way successfully in any profession.
And, in addition to offering an emotional outlet through creativity, the project is also a space for political discourse and commentary, from the eyes of those whose voices we rarely hear.
The creativity of those projects led Apple to think about how it could produce and distribute shows in new and interesting ways.
An early study (Fleigler, 1961, as cited in Walters 2009) using a checklist of science domain-specific characteristics found these gifted individuals share similar traits to those in our study, including early interest in science, early ability to understand abstract concepts, love of collecting natural objects, creativity in science projects and assimilate marginally related ideas.
And I actually did love it, until my soul was crushed and my creativity squandered on projects that never impacted the real world.
Its groundbreaking use of computer-generated imagery (CGI), for example, will no doubt inspire other film makers to push the boundaries of creativity in their projects.
As an LA native, he believes his hometown is an ideal place to expand one's creativity with offbeat projects like his.
Perhaps one of the more gratifying aspects of the post-genomics era is marveling at the creativity of individual projects that push the envelope further and further over the edge.
We'll be judging on a variety of criteria, including the domain's relevance to the project, the creativity and/or innovation of the project and domain, and the design of the project's website.
