Meeting the needs of graduate students systematically and intentionally can be a daunting strategic initiative. Indeed, our campus- and community-based experiences add to the body of literature indicating that creativity and innovation within and beyond our own disciplines is something we can learn and practice (Andreasen 2014, Loehl 1990). UW faculty, staff, and students associated with the Ballengée Project have found collaborators and external funding to sustain and initiate exceptional, integrative work inspired by the Project. The Ballengée Project was successful in bringing awareness of the importance of pollinators, the interconnectedness of species, and the critical value of STEAM collaborations to both campus and community groups. Since the completion of the Brandon Ballengée Project, the UW campus has been more aware of and more active about capitalizing on the synergy of art and science. Interest in the project as a whole, indicate there is a continued appetite for art-science integration that is relevant in Wyoming and beyond. In our experience, these investments are worthwhile. Innovation, including transdisciplinary initiatives such as the Ballengée Project, requires considerable time and financial Furthermore, proficiency or greater skill in a fine art, craft, performance art or literary pursuit is actually predictive of scientific impact and innovation (Simontonġ988), such as the scientific breakthroughs awarded with Nobel prizes (Root-Bernstein et al 2008). Art-science integration can inspire such creativity and innovation by offering new ways of thinking (Root-Bernstein 2003). increasingly a major goal for academia, technology, business, and government. Diverse ways of thinking are crucial to innovation (Phillips 2014), which is. Not by accident, there are powerful ways of learning, inquiry, and production that integrate art and science. It is unproductive to pit these disciplines against each other (Snow 1959). There are remarkable similarities between the processes of learning and doing science and the processes of learning and making art.
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