Creative Inquiry Program

Inspired by the Creative Inquiry Program of Lehigh University, the City Futures Lab Creative Inquiry Program aims to bring students and faculty into multi-year collaborative programs to address city problems and opportunities.

"Multidisciplinary teams with students, faculty, and external partners pursue creative and innovative answers to societal challenges and open-ended questions. These multi-semester projects span the journey from creative inquiry to sustainable impact with one team handing the baton to another team in the following semester. Students develop their competencies for independent inquiry and discovery, multidisciplinary teamwork, design thinking, entrepreneurial thinking, systems thinking, and getting stuff done. The resulting skillsets, mindsets, and portfolios prepare students for emergent careers in a rapidly-changing world. Read more..."