‘Higher education needs more of the empathetic mindset’
Lu Liu
Virginia Tech
Lu Liu
Virginia Tech
Lu Liu is dean of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design and professor of industrial design at Virginia Tech. He was inducted into the Academy of Fellows of the Industrial Designers Society of America in 2025 in recognition of his distinguished contributions to design education and leadership.
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Empathy, listening and imagination must remain central to how we educate future leaders, writes Lu Liu. The human qualities that make innovation meaningful are at risk when universities over-emphasise technical capability