Have you ever wished your console controllers were more immersive? Imagine controlling your game with a custom-built seesaw, relying on a friend to achieve victory. That’s exactly what a team of 13 University of Utah students from the Division of Games created with “Back Off Me Booty.” Developed by Scallywag Studios, the game’s blend of […]
Author: Lauren Nusbaum
Your Premier Route to Machu Picchu
Jared Snow, a founder in the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah, is on a mission to be the top choice for U.S. travelers on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. He is doing this as the founder of Inca Trek Company. Snow has generated over $1 million in revenue operating […]
Custom Allergy Cards for Worry-Free Dining
Entrepreneurship student Ben McCloskey wants to eliminate the struggle of explaining food allergies when ordering food. He is doing this as the co-founder of The Allergy Card, a startup company that allows users to create and print their own allergy and food restriction cards for free. “We want people to be able to eat without […]
Fixing Accessibility Barriers
They say when one door closes, another opens, but that isn’t always the case when it comes to accessibility on campus. At the University of Utah, senior Ada Popham is taking an innovative approach to ensuring that doors — both literal and figurative — are open for everyone. Popham, a fine arts major with an […]
From Atoms to Art
What do chemistry and ballet have in common? For Kirsten Rye, the answer is creativity. A senior double majoring in ballet and chemistry with a minor in ecology and legacy through the Honors College, Rye sees movement not just in dance, but in atoms. “I want to combine both subjects, to teach the same kids’ […]
Inca Trek Company: Your Premier Route to Machu Picchu
Jared Snow is on a mission to be the top choice for U.S. travelers on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. He is the founder of Inca Trek Company and is growing the business in the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School. Snow has generated over $1 […]
The Allergy Card: Custom Allergy Cards for Worry-Free Dining
Ben McCloskey, a senior studying entrepreneurship at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, wants to eliminate the struggle of explaining food allergies when ordering food. He is doing this as the co-founder of The Allergy Card, a startup company that allows users to create and print their own allergy and food restriction […]
Career Hacks: Helping Students Succeed One Video at a Time
If you are looking for career advice, a University of Utah student is developing a solution for you. David Kale, a recent graduate of the David Eccles School of Business, launched Career Hacks, a new digital community focusing on personal and professional development. Currently, Kale is the face of Career Hacks, but he aims to […]
Nondestructive Rail Monitoring
Yuning Wu is a structural engineering graduate from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah. Now working at Stantec as a civil engineer, his graduate research focused on improving railroad infrastructure in Utah. He contributed greatly toward the first realtime rail track monitoring system on the Utah Transit Authority’s FrontRunner […]