You no longer need steep hills or gravity to pull off difficult snowboard stunts, thanks to the work of six mechanical engineering students at the U. Led by Rosario Imburgia, these students designed a ski winch that is not only safe, but that is portable, easy-to-use and affordable. At its initial testing, the winch pulled […]
Multi-disciplinary design and entrepreneurship student Alex Carr had an idea for an innovative ski pole while backcountry skiing one day. He wanted to put tools inside the poles — but it wasn’t until he took the U’s Innovation Scholar class and met with Dave Morrison, an intellectual property librarian, that his idea started to become […]
When Cedar Coleman found his mother unconscious after crashing her mountain bike high in the Wasatch Mountains, raw panic set in. With no first-aid training and no medical help for miles, Coleman felt vulnerable, helpless — but also determined to keep himself and anyone else from ever experiencing that fear. That’s why, after becoming a […]
A pair of undergraduates has a plan to take the ski-goggle industry by (snow) storm. They created a low-cost, high-style goggle with interchangeable parts and a great fit. Watch for them at a ski shop near you. It didn’t take Schaeffer Warnock long to fall in love with Utah’s ski country. The first time he […]
Convinced that film was just a hobby, Jake Chamberlain came to the U to pursue medicine. But after filming for a global-health, study-abroad trip in India, he realized he could turn his passion into a career. Last summer, Chamberlain traveled the world to take part in a six-part filming project highlighting social startups for the […]
Eighteen months ago, the U’s Beta Theta Pi Chapter launched a sexual assault education and prevention campaign in partnership with the Rape Recovery Center. Because of its success, the chapter received a $3,200 grant from Students of the World to aid in their efforts and was recognized by the “Dr. Phil” show. “The largest issue […]
After a five-month trip in Pakistan shook up her worldview, Jai Hamid Bashir transferred to the U so she could learn how to be “a vessel for change.” “Experiencing a world beyond Salt Lake City really opened my eyes,” she said. Bashir is now triple majoring in environmental and sustainability studies, English and gender studies […]
Surgical needles that deliver medicine to the eye lead the way in treating the most common forms of eye disease. Unfortunately, this treatment is dangerous and can cause infections that lead to blindness. One group of undergraduate bioengineering students is addressing the danger with a new type of needle. “Intraocular injections are effective at treating […]
