Read about some of the best people, projects and programs related to entrepreneurship, innovation and business at the University of Utah.
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and David Eccles School of Business provide a top-25 entrepreneurship environment that includes degrees, programs and certificates, plus the world’s first on-campus space for residential living, co-working, startup launching and product fabrication — open 24/7 to all U students. In this video, learn how we incorporate applied learning and an ecosystem of innovation […]
Did you know that farmers hire people to monitor their crops to know when they need to be watered? U mechanical engineering student Jacob Harris knows it all too well. Growing up on a farm, he was in charge of driving around and doing the gauging. He decided to take his expertise in robotics and […]
To be entertained and engaged in the world around you. Is it possible? Average toys for toddlers are entertaining, but hardly educational. That was the issue Ryan Ferrin faced before developing the concept for “Chameleon Car.” It is a unique toddler’s toy that promotes interaction with the world, not simply stimulus from an electronic device. The idea: […]
In the hustle to get where you’re going, the last thing you want is for someone to steal your bike. Yet, despite all of the sturdy bike locks out there, this is a major problem across college campuses and world wide. So James Haskell, U marketing student and co-founder of Bambú, decided to take a […]
We’ve all been there — checking a text, settling a debate by looking up which actor was in that one movie, or mindlessly scrolling through Instagram — and you get that pop up: “Select a Wi-Fi Network.” Let the eye roll commence. Of course you want to connect with Wi-Fi! Your data is at stake, but sadly, […]
Editor’s Note: We invited writer and U humanities student Bailey Shelden to report about how entrepreneurship needs diverse students from arts, English and beyond. Below is what she discovered. What do a new residence building, entrepreneurship, and the humanities have in common? The answer may surprise you. It is hard to miss all the construction projects […]
Editor’s Note: SimpleCitizen won the grand prize and $40,000 at our 2015 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. The statewide competition is held every spring semester. Guest writer and U student Alexander Lewandowski caught up with them to learn more about their history and progress since last year. “If Turbo-Tax can condense mountains of tax law into a few […]
Editor’s Note: What makes the Lassonde Institute one of the best organizations for promoting student success on campus? To find the answer, guest writer and U student Tiffany Parker investigated. Here’s what she discovered. Perhaps you’ve heard that the U is ranked among the best university’s in the country for entrepreneurship, but did you know that […]
Stomach Growling? Call Fetch Food. Fetch Food, a Salt Lake City based start-up, offers restaurant food delivery on the cheap. One user on their website commented, “if you haven’t used Fetch Food, you’re doing lunch wrong.” This innovative start up, founded by two students at the University of Utah, utilizes a patented routing algorithm to make […]
At the time a Ph.D. student at the U, Joey Wilson remembers Dr. Neal Patwari present on an experiment he had done in the at-the-time unfinished Warnock Engineering Building in 2007. “He was showing how he’d used wireless devices only outside of a room to show where a person was inside the room,” Wilson said. […]
