Sentence examples similar to university imagination from inspiring English sources

The process of applying to university starts with imagination.

"There is the allure of the 'get rich quick.' This is capturing the imagination of university students". Yermack, chairman of finance department at NYU Stern, said students are constantly asking him for advice on how to invest.

The philosopher Martha Nussbaum argues powerfully that in an increasingly uncertain world, it has never been more important for universities to "educate the imagination" rather than impart specific skills.

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This became evident when massive open online courses (MOOCs) enlightened the imagination of many university administrators.

"In one's everyday life, one rarely comes across such a counterintuitive phenomenon, challenging equally the imagination of a university professor as well as that of Bill, John and Harry from the local pub," said researcher Eugene Benilov, an applied mathematician at the University of Limerick in Ireland.

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One engineer in the 1940's touched the popular imagination when he roamed a university courtyard with a pendulum, arguing it would halt when he found the crypt.

Google also partnered with a number of other organizations, including X PRIZE, GE FOCUS FORWARD, TED, MIT Technology Review, Singularity University, and ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination to cross-promote their videos on its own Solve for X site.

Technology startups have seized the imagination of the current generation of university graduates.

His imagination and leadership has the entire university working in new ways, both with more collaboration and a new spirit of debate and healthy tension.