By Emily Scott
October 6, 2015
The University’s pipeline of innovation flows stronger each year. To highlight this research, the fourth-annual “Share the Vision” technology showcase will connect researchers and start-ups with potential investors, companies and venture capitalists.Hosted by the Office of Technology Managemen...
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January 27, 2015
Comedian Tina Fey once said, “Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterward.” These same words inspired Molly Nagle, senior in Media, when she decided to take a semester off school and travel halfway across the country to take up an internship at ABC News in Washington D.C.
Nagle wrote in an ema...
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By Brittney Nadler
December 3, 2014
With corporations like Google, Facebook, Dell and Reddit beginning out of college dorm rooms, many college students have the ambition and resources to leave a lasting impact on their university.
Nonprofit organizations are no exception. According to the Center for Nonprofit Management, there are cur...
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October 15, 2014
Mia Kavensky and Ilana Steelman sat at a small table in the front room of Espresso Royale on Goodwin Avenue. An idea and a passion for the fashion industry brought them together for the first time.
Steelman sipped on an iced coffee, escaping the dwindling summer heat as the two laid groundwork for ...
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September 8, 2014
It has been 10 years since arguably the most well-known dorm-room startup launched. In a dorm room at Harvard’s Kirkland House, Mark Zuckerberg’s 2004 creation of Facebook continues to be a benchmark for many college students looking to find success with their startup.
Now, as times have changed, the...
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May 6, 2014
He just might have the coolest pair of glasses on campus.
Josh Doil, senior in LAS, has fitted his prescription lenses to Google Glass, a hands-free technology device that allows many of the same functions as a smartphone, including a camera, to be displayed in a tiny glass prism above the right eye.
Tho...
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May 6, 2014
Graduation day can be a time for current students to look back on their college memories, but it can also be a time for University alumni to reflect on how much they have accomplished since their own days at the University.
Whether past students graduated one year ago or 20 years ago, alumni serve as an i...
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