Marybeth Koon—While teaching their respective courses, Callie Babbitt from the Golisano Institute of Sustainability (GIS) and Alex Lobos of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences (CIAS) had both experienced the knowledge gap between the technology specialists who develop sustainable design tools and the product designers who implement these tools.

Marybeth Koon—Students in the online executive marketing EMBA program pose a range of unique challenges for Neil Hair, executive director of the Innovative Learning Institute and associate professor of the E. Philip Saunders College of Business. In addition to completing courses in a compressed time while working full-time in demanding jobs, they are often widely dispersed around the globe. However, they are also experienced, motivated students who are able to work independently, and are ready to work on real-life problems.