Chancellor Holden Thorp will speak on the topic of innovation Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll 111.
The talk follows the release of the Innovate@Carolina plan, unveiled on University Day.
Thorp’s speech, entitled “Beyond the Sciences: Why the World’s Problems Need the Whole University,” will outline the importance of innovation that goes beyond scientific discovery.
Innovate@Carolina is a $125 million plan aimed at making UNC students and departments more focused on innovation.
The talk will be free and open to the public, and will be followed by a book signing for Thorp and Buck Goldstein’s book, “Engines of Innovation: The Entrepreneurial University in the Twenty-First Century.”
