“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!
When Joseph Arrington was a child, he dreaded sleeping. Arrington, a University of Utah graduate student with an MBA, has suffered from various sleeping disorders, like sleep paralysis and sleep terrors, since his youth, and as an adult, he wanted to find a new solution to the parasomnias. His answer was a company — Beacon […]
Have you tried the acai? University of Utah finance students Nate Berger and Seth Neeleman opened Simply Acai in August 2019. During fall 2019 and beyond, you can find them in the mobile kitchen in the Miller Cafe at Lassonde Studios. The inspiration started for Neeleman when he was living in Brazil. “I ate acai […]
The 2019 edition of “Student Innovation at the U” is now available. The annual publication celebrates student innovation and impact at the University of Utah. The theme this year is “12 Ways Students at the U are Creating the World.” Inside you will find stories about students from all parts of campus doing amazing things. Hopefully, […]
As music performance majors, students often face the question: What are you going to do with that? Looking back, Stella Markova’s answer might be unexpected. The University of Utah student has dedicated the last year to creating a homecare product with help from the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, SitUP. Markova’s husband first came up with the […]
The pelvic floor is made up of muscles that support organs like the bladder and uterus. When this floor is weakened by excess abdominal pressure, these organs can slip outside of the cavity, causing pelvic floor failure. This disease is becoming increasingly prevalent — one in four women will experience symptoms of pelvic failure, while […]
The University of Utah has various ways for students to get involved in the Tier-1 research conducted all over campus. When Jae Miner, a senior in anthropology, learned about the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at the U, they (Miner’s preferred pronoun) jumped on it. “I did anthropology research with human subjects, where I studied […]
Food is a central part of the college experience, and really, the life experience. Throughout our lives we are concerned with food and the older you get the more you think about where to get it. MounTins solves this challenge in a fun and innovative way. Founded by Aaron Dobron and Austin Scaccianoce, MounTins makes […]
Konstantinos Oikonomou has always been passionate about promoting environmental consciousness. When he began his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Utah Smart Energy Laboratory (U-Smart) at the U, he was introduced to gaps in the use of water and energy globally. “The problem that water and power utilities face is that they have been designed […]
Aileen Norris is a senior at the University of Utah double majoring in English and modern dance. For her honors thesis, Norris explored how movement can act as an activist role, and in what ways dance can impact the social justice movement. “In the dance community, it’s a very tricky realm to navigate. It can […]
Alexis Rausch, a fine arts student at the University of Utah, is bringing elements of psychology into her art in order to emphasize the beauty that can be found in ugly concepts. “I make work about the way we consume violence and violent media as a society, and what role we play as perpetrators or […]
