These documents and research articles offer the perspectives of faculty and other researchers on the development of WPI's Great Problems Seminar program, a two-term course that immerses first-year students into university-level research and introduces them to the project-based curriculum at WPI.
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Humanitarian Engineering, Past and Present: A Role-Playing First-Year Course
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Extinction Stories
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Climate Lessons: Environmental, Social, Local
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Knowing and Caring about Sanitation
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Global Problems, Big Projects, and First Year Students: A Potent Mix! Teaching Portfolio
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Engaging Students with Global Challenges across the Curriculum
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The Theatre of Humanitarian Engineering
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Working Towards More Equitable Team Dynamics: Mapping Student Assets to Minimize Stereotyping and Task Assignment Bias
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To See the World Anew: Learning Engineering through a Humanistic Lens
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How Role-Playing Builds Empathy and Concern for Social Justice