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ORGANIZER;CN=Joy Eakin:MAILTO:jeakin@nutechventures.org
SUMMARY:Diffusion of Innovations
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DESCRIPTION:How and why do new practices\, programs\, technologies\, and po
 licies spread? What factors are important for faculty and student entrepre
 neurs to consider during innovation development so that an innovation will
  be positively perceived\, seriously assessed\, adopted\, and then impleme
 nted to good effect?\n\nIn this talk\, Dearing will review lessons learned
  by diffusion researchers across many topical fields\, including engineeri
 ng\, healthcare\, public health\, business\, psychology\, and the environm
 ent. The diffusion of innovation research and practice paradigm forms much
  of the basis for what is now considered dissemination and implementation 
 science. \n\nJim Dearing (Ph.D.\, University of Southern California) is Br
 andt Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at Michigan Stat
 e University. He studied under and collaborated with Everett M. Rogers for
  20 years. Dearing's research and teaching spans dissemination science\, i
 mplementation science\, program sustainability\, and the psychological and
  sociological basis of the diffusion process. He has led and worked with r
 esearch and practice improvement teams in toxic waste remediation\, nursin
 g care\, injury and fatality prevention\, university outreach\, cancer sur
 vivorship support\, HIV/AIDS prevention\, and community engagement. He has
  been principal investigator for research grants from the U.S. National Sc
 ience Foundation\, Environmental Protection Agency\, National Institutes o
 f Health\, Agency for Healthcare Quality & Research\, and private foundati
 ons\, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, The Wallace Foundatio
 n\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation\, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundatio
 n\, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Originally from Northern Cali
 fornia\, Jim lived two years in Japan and was Senior Scientist with Kaiser
  Permanente\, the nation's largest nonprofit\, nongovernmental integrated 
 healthcare system.
LOCATION:Willa S. Cather Dining Complex Room Red Cloud Room
URL://events.unl.edu/NUtech/2026/10/12/202846/
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