Congratulations to Student Ambassadors Sean Maroni (NCSU), Lucas Arzola (UC Davis), Blake Marggraff (Washington University St. Louis), and Jared Karp (UC Berkeley) who launched BetaVersity this past April. BetaVersity designs and installs prototyping labs and ‘design kitchens’ for students to not only cook up new ideas, but also to make them a reality. For a […]
This Is Water: A Commencement Address Worth Bookmarking This is Water from Patrick Buckley on Vimeo. “This Is Water” is a video interpretation of the famous 2005 Commencement address delivered by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College (read the backstory about this inspiring video created by LA-based production shop, The Glossary, and the WSJ article […]
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Student Ambassadors and University leaders take note, the Kauffman Foundation has made it a whole lot easier to get up and running with your own campus competition! I-Start is an online tool that allows anyone to set up and manage a business plan, business model or design competition. The Kauffman Foundation acquired the platform in […]
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What does the study of Biomimicry, Berkeley University and Whole Foods have in common? Boys growing mushrooms, that’s what. But first, let me tell you why this is on my radar screen. I was recently invited to review Stage 2 applications for The Biomimicry Design Challenge (visit the link to see the submissions that made […]
Today show segment showcases exciting new program that’s ‘making makers’ within high school. According to the segment, The unemployment rate for people under the age of 25 is 16.2%, double the national average. A new program in Massachusetts is designed to train students in advanced manufacturing, robotics and precision machining to satisfy the predicted 100,000 […]
The April issue of Harvard Business Review features a must-read article from Steve Blank on the acclaimed Lean Startup Methodology being deployed widely in the technology venture development circles. This is an especially exciting development for two reasons: 1) While HBR has published widely on management issues faced by large and established companies, it hasn’t […]
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Your opportunities for employment post-graduation are directly correlated with the fields you pursue and the activities in which you are engaged. Should I bother getting a college education? If this is what you are asking yourself, I suggest you re-frame the question. Ask yourself instead, “Should I bother going to college to pursue a degree […]
In an excellent piece released today on Huffington Post, Chelsea Clinton articulates the reasons why the time is now for gender equality in STEM. We need to better harness the curiosity, imagination and inventive spirit of the other half of the globe’s population. Until we do, we are sub-optimum at a time when the world’s […]
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Jared Karp, Student Ambassador from University of California Berkeley, spoke at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in an event entitled, “Spaces of Invention.” The six-speaker event, held as part of the NCIIA Open Conference in Collaboration with Epicenter and was delivered Pecha Kucha-style (also known in some circles as an Ignite talk). In 15 […]
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Twenty Student Ambassadors sat at the edge of their seats for today’s lunch keynote by Robert Tercek who spoke about the future of many of today’s companies driven by change sin mobile and information technology. Ten Student Ambassadors waited in line to meet Tercek, run an idea by him or invite him to keynote their […]
Four Student Ambassadors Launch Innovation Space Venture, BetaVersity
/2 Comments/in North Carolina State University, Stanford University, University Innovation Fellow, University of California Berkeley, University of California Davis, Washington University St. Louis /by uifellowsCongratulations to Student Ambassadors Sean Maroni (NCSU), Lucas Arzola (UC Davis), Blake Marggraff (Washington University St. Louis), and Jared Karp (UC Berkeley) who launched BetaVersity this past April. BetaVersity designs and installs prototyping labs and ‘design kitchens’ for students to not only cook up new ideas, but also to make them a reality. For a […]
Congratulations Class of 2013
/0 Comments/in Commencement Speeches /by uifellowsThis Is Water: A Commencement Address Worth Bookmarking This is Water from Patrick Buckley on Vimeo. “This Is Water” is a video interpretation of the famous 2005 Commencement address delivered by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College (read the backstory about this inspiring video created by LA-based production shop, The Glossary, and the WSJ article […]
I-Start Makes Launching a Competition a Breeze
/0 Comments/in Competitions /by uifellowsStudent Ambassadors and University leaders take note, the Kauffman Foundation has made it a whole lot easier to get up and running with your own campus competition! I-Start is an online tool that allows anyone to set up and manage a business plan, business model or design competition. The Kauffman Foundation acquired the platform in […]
Biomimicry, Berkeley and Whole Foods
/0 Comments/in Biomimicry 3.8, University of California Berkeley /by uifellowsWhat does the study of Biomimicry, Berkeley University and Whole Foods have in common? Boys growing mushrooms, that’s what. But first, let me tell you why this is on my radar screen. I was recently invited to review Stage 2 applications for The Biomimicry Design Challenge (visit the link to see the submissions that made […]
Makers Earning $45K After High School, Our Future Innovators
/0 Comments/in Georgia Tech, NCIIA, NCIIA Grantees, Rice, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, University of Michigan /by uifellowsToday show segment showcases exciting new program that’s ‘making makers’ within high school. According to the segment, The unemployment rate for people under the age of 25 is 16.2%, double the national average. A new program in Massachusetts is designed to train students in advanced manufacturing, robotics and precision machining to satisfy the predicted 100,000 […]
April 2013 Issue of Harvard Business Review Includes Steve Blank and Lean Startup Methodology
/0 Comments/in Lean LaunchPad, NCIIA, NSF i-Corp Program, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley /by uifellowsThe April issue of Harvard Business Review features a must-read article from Steve Blank on the acclaimed Lean Startup Methodology being deployed widely in the technology venture development circles. This is an especially exciting development for two reasons: 1) While HBR has published widely on management issues faced by large and established companies, it hasn’t […]
Art + Engineering = Employment
/1 Comment/in University of Georgia /by uifellowsYour opportunities for employment post-graduation are directly correlated with the fields you pursue and the activities in which you are engaged. Should I bother getting a college education? If this is what you are asking yourself, I suggest you re-frame the question. Ask yourself instead, “Should I bother going to college to pursue a degree […]
Chelsea Clinton Gets to the STEM of Gender Inequality on Huff Post
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by uifellowsIn an excellent piece released today on Huffington Post, Chelsea Clinton articulates the reasons why the time is now for gender equality in STEM. We need to better harness the curiosity, imagination and inventive spirit of the other half of the globe’s population. Until we do, we are sub-optimum at a time when the world’s […]
UC Berkeley Ambassador Speaks at Smithsonian, Washington D.C.
/2 Comments/in Georgia Tech, Rice, Stanford University, University Innovation Fellow, University of California Berkeley, University of Michigan /by uifellowsJared Karp, Student Ambassador from University of California Berkeley, spoke at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in an event entitled, “Spaces of Invention.” The six-speaker event, held as part of the NCIIA Open Conference in Collaboration with Epicenter and was delivered Pecha Kucha-style (also known in some circles as an Ignite talk). In 15 […]
Robert Tercek Delivers Riveting Address at 17th Annual OPEN Conference
/0 Comments/in OPEN Conference /by uifellowsTwenty Student Ambassadors sat at the edge of their seats for today’s lunch keynote by Robert Tercek who spoke about the future of many of today’s companies driven by change sin mobile and information technology. Ten Student Ambassadors waited in line to meet Tercek, run an idea by him or invite him to keynote their […]