Case Studies

The Translation Engine - Gladstone Institutes and BioFulcrum Part I In 2014, Deepak Srivastava stood in his laboratory at the Gladstone Institutes, watching heart muscle cells beat in a petri dish. After years

The Preprint Revolution Part I In August 1991, Paul Ginsparg sat at his desk in the theoretical division of Los Alamos National Laboratory, frustrated by an absurd inefficiency. Physicists worldwide shared research by

The merger that transformed Finnish innovation Part I Helsinki, Finland, 2007: Tuula Teeri stood before the Finnish Parliament defending a university that didn't exist yet. As the newly appointed president of

Introduction This story begins with the story of Olin College of Engineering. While most institutions adapt incrementally, Olin began as a clean slate without departmental silos or static curricula. Its mission is to