The new, 2016 edition of “Student Innovation @ the U” is available! The Lassonde Institute presents this publication to celebrate student innovators, change-makers and entrepreneurs across campus. Read about all kinds of students and projects inside – and get inspired! Read Report
About publication “Student Innovation at the U” is an annual publication celebrating student innovation and impact at the University of Utah. A digital version is available at lassonde.utah.edu/studentinnovation2016. Have questions? Want to nominate a student to be featured? Or do you want to become a contributor? Email lassonde@utah.edu or call 801-587-3836. Presented by “Student Innovation […]
The University of Utah encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurship. Excellence in education is paired with the support needed to pursue ideas through hands-on experience. Inside “Student Innovation @ the U,” you’ll see how incredible students at the University of Utah, and their ideas, are prospering in this environment. You’ll also find many tips and ideas […]
Most smartphones are capable of smoothly streaming five high-definition videos at one time. Ever experienced that? Probably not. It might be because we all share the same cellular tower to receive internet on our phones. Jonathan Hedstrom and George Yuen, U electrical engineering student/graduate, have been working to improve wireless connectivity for everyone. “We’re not […]
Every day, Danny Stephens, a U art teaching graduate, walked through the same Park City tunnel on his way to work and saw the potential for something great. It wasn’t until he took an “Art Teaching Practicum” class that an idea came alive: he was going to start an art project with a cause. Stephens […]
Karem Orrego, a U film and media arts student from Lima, Peru, showed dedication to storytelling by founding the Crisol Film Initiative, “a place to see different experiences, and learn something from them,” Orrego said. “Crisol,” a Spanish word for crucible or melting pot, is an intercultural version of Sundance. Orrego’s successful production congregated intercultural […]
It’s noon, your phone buzzes, and you’re reminded that this time tomorrow you should be in the doctor’s waiting room. Samuel Vincent, a nursing PH.D. student, identified that most members of the homeless population have no access to such modern convenience. Vincent, together with a team of U undergrads spearheaded by capstone student Hannah Hendrickson […]
In fall 2015, 12 students graduated from the U’s new Case Management Certificate online program while living in refugee camps in Africa. They are the first cohort to complete the program offered by the College of Social Work. The certificate takes nine months to complete and consists of the same curriculum taught onsite at the […]
A team of U students went from knowing very little about community banks, which serve local communities, to winning a national case study competition and meeting Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Team members included Jenny Flatberg-Lambson, Changsu Lee, Kurt Alan Moore, Brett Welker and Brent Uberty, working with business professor Jack Brittain. They researched how […]
When refugee families arrive, the husbands find a job and the children find a school, but the women often get left with nothing to do. Abby Bossart is working to make sure that does not happen in Salt Lake. Bossart, an aspiring medical student at the U, is part of Women of the World (WOW), […]
