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 […]
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New Lassonde Studios Floor Plans
Want a closer look inside the Lassonde Studios? Well, you’ve come to the right place. We have new 3-D floor plans of each level. One of the renderings (below) shows the Garage, which will be the first floor of the Lassonde Studios. This floor is open to all students on campus. All you need is a […]
VIDEO: New Drone Video of Lassonde Studios
Here’s our latest drone footage from above the Lassonde Studios. We are now accepting applications to live here starting fall 2016. Apply online at lassonde.utah.edu/studios
Xandem Reinventing Home Security
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. […]
University of Utah No. 17 for Entrepreneurship
The University of Utah continues to lead in entrepreneurship education. The David Eccles School of Business and its Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute jumped to No. 17 for graduate and No. 24 for undergraduate entrepreneur programs in the new rankings announced today by the Princeton Review. Last year, the U ranked No. 23 for graduate programs. The […]
Kickstarter: It’s about More Than Raising Money
The same way that a good angel investor should bring more to the table than financial aid, a Kickstarter campaign has the power to do far more for a startup than just raise funding. Today, we’re seeing companies such as Peak Designs debut every new product on Kickstarter before opening online sales. Why? For a number of reasons actually.
Bespoke Suits for a Cause
Trapper Roderick is more than just a haberdasher, student entrepreneur and (we think) the best-dressed man on campus. The University of Utah student is also proving to be a social entrepreneur as he enters a new partnership with the YWCA Utah. All are invited to a related event and celebration on Nov. 12 to learn about his company, True […]
Lassonde Studios on the Map!
The Lassonde Studios is putting us on the map! Yes, we’re getting some international attention for the groundbreaking facility. But now we’re also on the University of Utah campus map. Take a look: bit.ly/1jS12N9. The physical address is 1701 Student Life Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. That’s where you’ll be forwarding your mail if you’ve one of the […]
Games4Health: Register now for 2015-16 season
Compete to win $60,000 in prizes Now is the time to get involved with the global Game4Health competition, hosted by the Sorenson Center for Innovation and Discovery at the David Eccles School of Business. The competition brings together video games with health promotion. Teams compete for $60,000 in five categories. Visit the Games4Health website to register, join the community, create […]
VIDEO: New Meetup Events
We have a bunch of new events this year, including Meetups, where you can meet new friends and co-conspirators. All students welcome. Watch this video for a taste. Get involved by browsing our programs and watching our calendar.