From Warehouse to Tibetan Community Center

When approached by U President David Pershing to work with the Tibetan Community Center, architecture professor Lisa Benham had no question in her mind that this was the project her community architecture students would tackle. “It is rare that you get a project so focused and so crystallized,” Benham said. The project, initiated by Pema […]

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Catalyzing Change for LGBTQ Community

What is metallurgical engineering? Lauryn Hansen laughs; she gets asked that question often. “I went into college knowing I was going to study something that would offer me long-term stability, not necessarily to explore my passions,” Hansen said. A first-generation college student and currently a senior at the U, Lauryn has always been interested in […]

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Redefining Personal Care

Bret Heale, a biomedical informatics master’s student, led the development of a search interface to personalize a patient’s experience in genetics clinics worldwide. “Clinicians are highly educated, but they don’t always have all the information they need to answer every question,” Heale said. “The ClinGen genomics search interface was designed to assist them in caring […]

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Lighting up Playtime

Average toys for toddlers are entertaining, but not always educational. That was the issue Ryan Ferrin faced before developing the concept for “Chameleon Car.” It’s a revolutionary toddler’s toy that promotes interaction with the world, not simply stimulus from an electronic device. The idea: Take a basic, translucent car body and turn it into something […]

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Clothing That Makes a Statement

Colby Russo, a freshman pre-business student, wants you to wear a shirt or jacket made by his company, Evōk Clothing. Yeah, you’ll look fashionable wearing it. But, more importantly, you’ll be wearing something with a message. You’ll be saying, “I support local artists, locally made products and fair pay for a day’s work.” Russo explains: […]

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