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SU Libraries to Host Human Library Event April 11; Book Volunteers Needed
The Syracuse University Libraries will host its fifth annual Human Library event on Wednesday, April 11, from noon-5 p.m. in Bird Library. Participants will have the opportunity to talk to “human books”: volunteers from the Syracuse University community who represent a…
Jeremy Ring ’92 to Speak for National Entrepreneurship Week
Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week@SU with Jeremy Ring ’92, one of Yahoo!’s early team members who helped grow it to a $120 billion valuation in six years, and then went on to a distinguished career in public service. He will speak…
Student Venture Ravle Advances to Semi-Final Round of Student Startup Madness
Student startup Ravle, founded by Syracuse University students Tay Lotte ’19 (creative leadership, University College) and Kevin Rieck ’19 (knowledge management, University College), has been selected to advance to the semi-final round of the 2017-2018 Student Startup Madness Tournament, held…
Looking for Innovators for ACC InVenture Prize: Apply by Feb. 9
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is on a talent search for top student innovators who are inventing the future. Teams from Syracuse University are now being recruited for the InVenture Prize, a televised “Shark Tank”-style competition open to student startups at…
Spring Business Plan Competitions Announced
Building on last year’s successful track record, when Syracuse University teams captured the grand prize and four first place awards in the 2017 New York State Business Plan Competition, a number of 2018 business plan competitions launch this month. Open…
Syracuse University Research Team Advances to Genius NY Competition Finals
A project being developed by College of Engineering & Computer Science Professor Utpal Roy and Ph.D. student Yunpeng Li is one of six finalists in the Genius NY 2018 Competition. The Genius NY program is the world’s largest business competition for…
Hult Prize Winners Announced
Student startups Farm to Flame Energy and Drop Top won first and second place, respectively, in the Syracuse campus qualifier for the prestigious Hult Prize, hosted by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library this week. Farm to Flame will now…
TEDx Syracuse University Issues Call for Speakers
Are you exploring a new idea that has yet to reach its full potential? Are you pursuing interesting projects in our local community? Do you want to spark change in the lives of people around the community, and beyond? Do…
Blackstone LaunchPad Hosts Syracuse Qualifier for Hult Prize Competition
The Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library will host a Dec. 11 campus qualifier for the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition for the creation of new social businesses. Known as “The Nobel Prize for student startups,” the Hult Prize…
Impact Prize Winners Announced
A panel of area civic leaders this week announced the winners of the first Impact Prize competition at Syracuse University. Winners were selected for the most innovative and implementable ideas to help solve civic, environmental, economic or other public challenges,…