“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!
ArtsBridge: An interdisciplinary arts education outreach program. artsbridge.utah.edu ArtsForce: A two-day conference for art students to learn about how to share their creative work. artsforceutah.com Arts Entrepreneur: Connect with your peers, learn the value of your skills and explore connections between the arts and entrepreneurship. lassonde.utah.edu/art Bench-2-Bedside: A competition for medical, engineering and business students […]
“What are you giving your dad for Father’s Day?” asked Miles Petty, an MBA student at the University of Utah, to an unsuspecting audience at the beginning of his pitch for The Care Tree at one of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute’s Get Seeded events. “You don’t know yet? Well …” and then, to the surprise […]
The team behind PreOv, a student startup developing fertility solutions for women, is comprised of studious, family-driven, career-oriented women. Joni Aoki, Jeanna Ryan and Young Hong are all studying at or have graduated from the U. Ryan is the president and CEO of PreOv. She has an MS in nutrition, master’s in computer information systems […]
When Cameron Hooyer and Taylor Dickinson were preparing for their senior thesis in the University of Utah’s Multidisciplinary Design Program, they had no idea what they wanted to do. “I knew that both Cameron and I were raised in the mountains and deserts of Utah,” Dickinson said. “We both grew up backpacking and camping on […]
What if you didn’t need to buy building supplies? What if you could create your own? Motivated by this idea, a team of U architecture students built a machine for making your own bricks out of natural materials. The machine is based on open-source technology that can be used by anyone. Eric Blyth, Julia Warner, […]
It’s a chair! It’s a tent! It’s a hammock! No, it’s Bushwhack, an all-in-one tent-chair-hammock. Designed for backpackers and hikers, this product will be whatever you need it to be, whenever you need it. Bushwhack is the brainchild of Chase McMicken, a double major in entrepreneurship and marketing at the U. He came up with […]
While many believe that computer systems are the epitome of impartial, a group of students in the “When Machines Decide” Praxis Lab at the University of Utah created an app that shows that algorithms, too, can be biased. Justice.exe is a mobile app, available for download in the App Store and Google Play, that focuses […]
“An open letter to the world, from the people of America.” This three-minute film, produced by U students Parker Gibbons, Caroline Moreton and Sage Bennett in partnership with the Refugee and Immigrant Center of Utah, has been viewed over 1,100 times and featured by the Huffington Post. The film’s goal was to express that “America […]
After noticing a huge gap in clothing for young girls, Hillary Whitaker, a University of Utah accounting student, started Curie Wear in 2016, a company that designs custom fabrics focused on STEM. They keep their clothing designs feminine for young girls. As Whitaker said, “It is important to emphasize femininity and let girls know it […]
In the fall of 2015, Cavin Nicholson returned to the University of Utah after a seven-year break that began with the start of his first company, Coalatree Organics. After years developing the outdoor apparel company, Nicholson sold his share of the company and decided he wanted a deeper education before starting up his next venture. […]
