Have you listened to an episode from OUR Pod? The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) at the U has its very own podcast called OUR Pod. OUR Pod produces monthly podcast episodes hosted by undergraduate research leaders highlighting the research or creative work of undergrad students and faculty mentors engaged in OUR programs. Bennett Johnson, […]
Category: Student Innovation @ the U
“Student Innovation @ the U” is an annual publication celebrating student innovators and entrepreneurs from across campus. Read to see what students are inventing, and get inspired!
Growing an Online Martial Arts Community
For Samery Moras, the founder of Live Martial Arts, martial arts aren’t just a hobby — they’re a part of who she is. “I was literally born into the world of martial arts,” she said. Her family owned a martial arts studio, and from a young age, Moras was inundated with martial arts. “I learned […]
A Smarter Way to Exercise
Chris Bright and Kyle Poulin founded their company True Adherence to make exercise safer and more effective. When he worked as a personal trainer, Poulin saw too many people risk injury or stunt their progress because they were exercising incorrectly. True Adherence’s technology provides real-time feedback and data to help people exercise smarter. Now, Bright […]
Wearable Pollution Sensor
Those who live in the Salt Lake Valley usually rely on the news to find important air quality warnings, but one student asked why we couldn’t just rely on ourselves instead. Tom Becnel is a Ph.D. student studying electric engineering with a passion for pollution. Tom Becnel and his team created a custom-made board with […]
Analyzing Inversions
Chris Rapp is a senior in atmospheric sciences at the University of Utah who developed a diagram explaining the relationships between meteorological variables, size of particles, and various pollutants that make up the inversion. The warm colored intersections on the diagram are positively correlated and the cool colors are negatively correlated with crosses representing no […]
Serving the Plus-Sized Community
Before starting the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, Julia Perry already had plenty of experience in the fashion world. She earned a BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and had worked with big-name companies like Ralph Lauren. But even as […]
Indie Games Focused on Inclusivity and Culture
Spencer Wilson and Morgan Lander, University of Utah students and founders of Little Wanderers Studios, were so impacted by the entertainment and arts industry, they created a company and culture that aims to “uplift the world.” Little Wanderers Studios is an indie game company that celebrates diversity of thought through the creation of fun and […]
Campaign Against Distracted Driving
In October 2019, a giant phone with text animations appeared in the center of the University of Utah’s campus. The display was the centerpiece of a marketing campaign born out partnership between the U and Zero Fatalities, which shared the goal of making texting and driving a social taboo. It wasn’t the university, government agencies, […]
Handcrafted Skating Gear
Exploring the culture and advancement of the fastest sport on ice, NALZA is dedicated to the production of premium handcrafted skating gear. With the combination of functionality, durability, and premium design, NALZA is modernizing and changing the speed skating market. The co-founders of NALZA are J.R. Celski, an Olympic medalist and entrepreneur student at the […]
Marketing Automation Platform
In this day and age, we are always busy and constantly searching for ways to make life a little bit easier. For businesses, sometimes it is a challenge to communicate with people interested in their product or stakeholders wanting to invest in the company. Cinch aims to better connect businesses with their consumers. A […]