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Etched DNA: Making Diagnoses Simpler

To diagnose patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), an inflammatory disease that disrupts the esophagus, current medical knowledge requires anesthesia and an endoscopy. This time-consuming and invasive process, combined with the low likelihood of a patient having EoE leads doctors to sidestep testing for it. However, Dr. Christopher Gregg’s lab at the University of Utah didn’t […]

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Travel to Europe in Summer 2019: Global Entrepreneurship Program

All students at the University of Utah can apply now to travel to Europe for summer 2019 through the Global Entrepreneurship Program, which is provided by the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the David Eccles School of Business. Participating students will gain entrepreneurial experience while creating a startup or innovation of their own, being taught […]

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Gearhold Technologies: Creating your Concepts with CAD 

To ease the workload of engineers, Trevor Newsom, an engineering student at the University of Utah, founded Gearhold Technologies three years ago. The engineering consulting company provides computer-aided design (CAD) services to help projects progress as efficiently as possible. They specialize in creating automated systems for rapidly adapting CAD files for sales and development purposes. […]

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Top 10 Teams Announced in the 2018-19 Opportunity Quest at the U

The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute announced the top 10 teams today in the 2018-19 Opportunity Quest at the University of Utah. The teams are competing for $10,000 in prizes, including a $5,000 grand prize, in the business-model, executive-summary competition. The competition at the U is one of 11 Opportunity Quest competitions at colleges across the state. All the […]

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Lassonde Institute FY 2018 Annual Report

The FY 2018 Annual Report is now available (see link below) for the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, an interdisciplinary division of the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. The report highlights student startup activity and programs at Lassonde Studios, the new home for student entrepreneurs at the U. Highlights for the year […]

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Win $100,000 in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

Registration for the 2018-19 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. The statewide business model competition is open to all university students in Utah. Teams compete for $100,000 in cash and in-kind prizes, including a $40,000 grand prize. The registration deadline is Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The competition is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, an […]

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