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Discussion Leaders Wanted for PRP 2017–The Innovators

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Penn faculty and senior academic administrators are invited to become discussion leaders for the Penn Reading Project (PRP) 2017. This year’s text is Walter Isaacson’s The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. The book was chosen by Penn students, faculty and staff in support of the Year of Innovation. On Friday, August 25, groups of first-year students and faculty leaders will discuss the book as part of New Student Orientation (NSO) for the Class of 2021.

This year is the 27th PRP, which was created as an introduction for incoming freshmen to academic life at Penn. 

What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?  This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It is also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative. For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The Innovators is “a sweeping and surprisingly tenderhearted history of the digital age” according to The New York Times.

This year’s PRP will spotlight innovation in both form and content. For the first time, the text will be available online, in a format that will allow both students and discussion leaders to annotate and comment, and discussion groups will form over the summer and be able to communicate together before arriving on campus for the discussions on August 25, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Leaders are also invited to attend a prep session earlier in the day, and a reception following the PRP. Upon signing up, they will receive a printed copy of the book; early in the summer, they will also gain access to the online site.  

To sign up for PRP 2017, visit www.prpleaders.org or contact: David Fox, director of NSO and Academic Initiatives, dfox@upenn.edu  or (215) 573-5636.

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