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Practical Ways Innovators Can Build a Lasting Support Network

“We’re thinking more about the entire life cycle of our product to lessen our impact on the environment.”

Reamonn Soto

Sensatek Propulsion Technology, Inc.

“We’re thinking more about the entire life cycle of our product to lessen our impact on the environment.”

Reamonn Soto

Sensatek Propulsion Technology, Inc.

Energy Entrepreneurship: Helping Students Navigate the Obstacles and Opportunities

While energy entrepreneurship is challenging, faculty and entrepreneurial support organizations can prepare innovators for the complex journey.

Leveling the Playing Field in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education

How can faculty help cultivate a diverse pipeline of science and technology innovators through entrepreneurship education?

Inventing Solutions to Ocean Pollution

Despite ominous data about the harmful impact – and volume – of ocean pollution, there’s a wave of early-stage innovators determined to address the issue.

Faculty Spotlight: Raja Schaar

Raja Schaar, Assistant Professor of Product Design at Drexel University, focuses her curriculum on health, well-being, social impact, and sustainability.

Entrepreneurship Activities on Campus: Helping Students Leverage the Power of an Ecosystem

University Libraries: The Happening Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education

University libraries are increasingly serving as hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship, providing a space for students to collaborate and innovate.

The New First-Year College Experience: Innovating from Day One

Learn how universities across the country are transforming the first-year student innovation and entrepreneurship education experience on their campuses.

Innovator Spotlight: Katya Cherukumilli

Katya Cherukumilli is the founder of Global Water Labs, a nonprofit startup developing a scalable and affordable fluoride removable technology.

Creating Collective Impact: How Faculty Change Agents Can Develop Effective Networks

Collective impact is one framework we’re integrating into our work with faculty in order to tackle complex problems, such as equity and student success.

University of Oregon’s Kiersten Muenchinger: Redesigning Sustainability Education

Why It’s Right to be Wrong: Successful Startups Challenge Assumptions

Startups that challenge assumptions early on are better able to develop solid strategies and lessen the chances of making costly missteps.

Faculty Spotlight: Jeremy Faludi

Jeremy Faludi, Assistant Professor of Engineering at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, concentrates on teaching sustainable design methods.

OPEN 2018: Inventing for the Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education

OPEN 2018 provided opportunities to learn emerging best practices in the rapidly evolving field of technology entrepreneurship education.

Inventing a Better Way: I-Corps Team Mammoth Trading Develops First Smart Water Market

The company’s innovation is making water trading accessible and equitable for more growers – and encouraging water conservation.

4 Ways Faculty Can Make and Keep Strong Industry Partnerships

Innovator Insights Series: Mastering Strategy Development

Strategy development involves identifying unknown variables around a target market, challenging assumptions, and maximizing breakthrough moments.

Innovator Spotlight: Haley Marie Keith

Haley Marie Keith of MITO Material Solutions found that a strong network helped her team wade through the unknown of starting a new venture.

Innovator Insights Series: Understand In-Country Context

Early-stage global health innovators need in-country context when working to commercialize technologies in emerging markets.