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Reports of Innovation in Las Vegas

Watch this 15-minute interview with Jaun Carlo Pascua, 2010 Student Ambassador from UNLV, and you’ll get a sense for why we believe Patience, Persistence and Perseverance are three important qualities in a student changemaker. 2010 Student Ambassador from the inaugural group has been working way for the last three years, unbeknownst to me. Last I […]

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943, Inventor of AC Electricity) Pitching Silicon Valley VCs

What if the guy who invented the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system were to pitch to a VC today. Would he have been funded? Check out this hilarious video commentary, produced by NorthernImagination. From Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American[2][3] inventor, electrical […]

Why Being A Student Leader Is The Hardest and Best Thing College Offers

By Sean Newman Maroni In my first post, we played with the idea of creating “autocatalyzing” events–being the person who gets a new event or initiative started but then gives up control to another person or to the community itself. In this post, I’d like to elaborate on how I came to this idea, and […]

Freshman & Sophomores Get Practical Design & Project Experience in Biomedical Engineering

In this video interview Georgia Tech rising senior Jim Schwoebel describes his experience entering college knowing his destiny was to invent, innovate and be an entrepreneur. But, when he got to Georgia Tech, he found that most of the innovation resources were geared to juniors, seniors and grad students. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv80zjX6HZc&w=560&h=315] Freshman and sophomores weren’t […]