Student Stories
- It’s a wrap – ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Ʒ’s 2024 Sustainability Hackathon results are in: five teams walked away with a share of $10,000 in prize money for proposing viable solutions to sustainability issues. During the weeklong competition, a record number of 20
- The U.S. Marine Corps veteran and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· student has begun an online coffee company, with the profits going to benefit disaster relief, first responders, and U.S. veterans and troops overseas, including those providing relief and other assistance in Ukraine.
- Travis Weis, a third-year architecture major from Denver, created Release The Mind to help spread positivity through clothing that aims to simultaneously support the community and environment.
- The Department of Mechanical Engineering seniors have built a silicon wafer center-finding improvement device to help combat the current semiconductor shortage.
- Five startup ventures, led by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· students and faculty, competed for more than $100,000 in prize money Tuesday evening at the 14th annual New Venture Challenge championship, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s premier entrepreneurial program and competition.
- Founded by two engineering alums, this 3D-printing company found support and funding after attending a venture launch course at Leeds School of Business.
- Seven teams pitched new startups after seven months of entrepreneurial training and guidance.
- Four games developed in ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s ATLAS Institute have been selected to participate in alt.ctrl.GDC 2022, a coveted showcase of new games.
- Meet Rich Turner, a current MBA student at the Leeds School of Business and Founder of Bulwark Coffee Company! Bulwark Coffee Company is the first-ever coffee company to donate 100% of profits to first responders and veterans.
- The CU Hyperloop team is one of 12 groups in the world competing to build a machine that will chew through nearly 100 feet of earth to create a tunnel as fast as possible.