The MBC Marketing Agency is beginning another semester of high-impact, hands-on work as 23 students prepare to deliver professional marketing projects for real startups. The student-run, student-led agency supports companies enrolled in the Master of Business Creation program, an innovative graduate degree that combines academic instruction with the practical experience of a business accelerator. MBC […]
Six student startup teams received $5,990 in Get Seeded milestone grants in the round ending in September 2026. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. The final pitch event for regular grants was held at Lassonde Studios. It included live startup pitches, free food, and public voting to determine who received […]
Watch highlights from the Lassonde Startup Academy 2026. The Lassonde Startup Academy is a pre-college program for entrepreneurs, makers, builders, and doers provided by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Learn more at lassonde.utah.edu/academy.
Browse photos from the Lassonde Startup Academy 2026. The Lassonde Startup Academy is a pre-college program for entrepreneurs, makers, builders, and doers provided by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute Learn more at lassonde.utah.edu/academy
Dante Suzuki spent the summer before his senior year of high school in a Georgetown University Medical Center lab, watching zebrafish twitch under a seizure-inducing drug and trying to teach a computer to spot the stages of epilepsy. That summer set the trajectory for the University of Utah computer science student, who is now the […]
For most Utah drivers, vehicle emissions testing is what one customer calls his “annual agony” — a required government errand that means burning an hour in a waiting room, coordinating rides, or taking time off work just to keep a car legally registered. Daniel Diehl knows the feeling firsthand as the founder of Mobile Emissions […]
Adam Garrison was mixing supplements at home for his girlfriend when he noticed a problem. Nothing on the shelf was built for the way a woman’s body actually works — cycling through four distinct hormonal phases each month, each with its own nutritional demands. So he started building something that was. Garrison, a professional MBA […]
Located in the lobby of Lassonde Studios, Miller Café is one of the most popular dining spots on the University of Utah campus. The Miller Grill serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, featuring a variety of student favorites throughout the day. Guests can choose from made-to-order meals, sandwiches, smoothies, snacks, beverages, grab-and-go items, and more. The […]
We hosted our annual Lassonde Demo Day on April 29, 2026, at Lassonde Studios. At this event, we invite everyone to join us to meet student startup teams, honor our student leaders, and celebrate the end of the year. Watch this video for highlights from this year’s event. Learn more about Lassonde Demo Day at […]
UV Sense, a University of Utah startup focused on skin cancer monitoring, was a semi-finalist in America’s Startup, a national collegiate startup competition created to spotlight early-stage business ideas with the potential to drive America’s future economic, technological, and societal progress. UV Sense produces hardware and software technology that enables users to track their real-time […]
