Performance, advocacy, inclusion. A junior at the U, theater student Ashley Goodwin is taking steps to make these more prominent aspects of the theater world and beyond. She is doing this through her performative theater piece, “The Not Broken Monologues.” This performance comes as the grand finale of her Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project (UROP). Broadening […]
Topic: Student Innovation @ the U 2021
Keeping the Symphony Open
At the start of the pandemic, the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera was gearing up for their performance season. As rising coronavirus case counts threatened to close their doors, they needed expertise that could keep the performers and audience safe. Luckily, the search landed on a team of music lovers that included students at the […]
Indigenous Modern Dance
Talia Dixon’s major in modern dance and minor in American Indian studies came together to inspire her University of Utah honors thesis on indigenous representations in dance studies and honoring the knowledge of indigenous nations, specifically the Luiseño Peoples in Southern California. “Coming to college to study dance, I didn’t know I would get involved […]
Board Games Meet Digital Games
Does your family only play board games, but you prefer to play video games? Interwoven has solved the ultimate family night battle through integrating board games and video games into one game for everyone to enjoy. Interwoven is a board/digital game design startup company. It began in 2018 by founder Nicole Martino, co-founder Kazimar Guenther […]
Making Experiences Through Music
Austin Birch is shaping the way events look, feel, and sound like through music with Argus Entertainment. His mission is to provide DJing and concerts to create an experience through music, and he is growing the company at the University of Utah as an inaugural member of the Lassonde Founders program at the Lassonde Entrepreneur […]
Resource Directory: Student Innovation @ the U 2021
ArtsBridge: An interdisciplinary arts education outreach program. artsbridge.utah.edu ArtsForce: A two-day conference for art students to learn about how to share their creative work. artsforceutah.com Arts Entrepreneur: Connect with your peers, learn the value of your skills, and explore connections between the arts and entrepreneurship. lassonde.utah.edu/art Bench-2-Bedside: A competition for medical, engineering, and business students […]