The growing age of digital media has created a high accessibility (as well as demand) for things like portrait photography. That’s why Elle Williams, an undergraduate business student at the University of Utah, has been turning her passion for capturing special moments into a business. Elle Williams Photography began relatively recently back in her hometown […]
Author: Mary Allen
Spot Parking: Innovating New Plans for Parking
Trying to find parking in a crowded area is a notoriously frustrating issue for drivers everywhere, and this problem is especially infamous on college campuses. Spot Parking, one of the prize winners of the 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, is an entrepreneurial effort to counteract these issues and turn parking into an orderly effort. Dean Smith, […]
2024 Business Scholars Innovation Showcase Winners
The recent conclusion of the 2024 Business Scholars Innovation Project marked a significant milestone for students involved with the Business Scholars program through the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Competing for four main prizes – Best Idea, Best Pitch, Best Prototype, and Best Branding – the teams have been working since January […]
A Better Catheter for Neurosurgery
Advancements in the world of medical technology are saving and improving lives every single day, but issues with current procedures cannot guarantee that patients will receive perfect care. That’s why there are medical innovators working around the clock to solve these issues, with a recent example being the SoundPass team at the University of Utah. […]
Innovating Access to Clean Water
Pure Solutions is working to make water purity testing more accessible for everyone to ensure that they are drinking safe water. The company was co-founded by Vivek Anandh, Adrian Sucahyo, and David Sun. Anandh and Sucahyo are students at the University of Utah, and Sun is attending Yale. Their device utilizes a probe that can […]
Where Accessibility Meets Snacking
Oaty Toaty is a gluten-free granola company working to turn around the bland, processed, low-quality reputation behind allergen-friendly foods. The brand is dedicated to providing fun, high-quality, and tasty snacks for those with dietary restrictions. Oaty Toaty was founded by Abby Cheney, a sophomore studying marketing at the University of Utah. At age 11, Cheney […]
SoundPass: A Better Catheter for Neurosurgery
Advancements in the world of medical technology are saving and improving lives every single day, but there are enduring issues with current procedures that cannot guarantee that patients will receive perfect care. That’s why there are medical innovators working around the clock to solve these issues, with a recent example being the SoundPass team at […]
Oaty Toaty: Where Accessibility Meets Snacking
Oaty Toaty is a gluten-free granola company working to turn around the bland, processed, low-quality reputation behind allergen-friendly foods. The brand dedicates itself to providing fun, high-quality, and tasty snacks for those with dietary restrictions. Oaty Toaty was founded by Abby Cheney, a sophomore studying marketing at the University of Utah. At age 11, Cheney was […]
New Strides in Peptide Chemistry
Max Austin is a senior at the University of Utah, studying chemistry with an emphasis in math. He has been working as a student researcher leading a project to prepare and evaluate antimicrobial peptides in the Roberts Laboratory in the Department of Chemistry and has most recently been involved in research on peptide chemistry. “Peptides […]
Entrepreneurs in Knife Retail
After growing tired of running a staffing agency for several years, Trevor Darby realized he could pivot in a completely new direction with his work — and use entrepreneurship to make that happen. He is now pursuing this dream with help from the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles […]