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What Emerging Research Institutions Need To Advance STEM Innovation and Entrepreneurship

In recent focus groups, faculty and administrators from HBCUs and Emerging Research Institutions shared their perspective on current challenges.

From Vision to Velocity: Fellows Accelerate Their Impact in Atlanta

The inaugural Ecosystem Futures Fellowship cohort gathered in Atlanta for an On-Campus Immersive Experience in which bold ideas became action plans.

From Strategy to Action: Reflections From the Ecosystem Futures Fellowship New Orleans Gathering

VentureWell’s higher education team convened 26 Ecosystem Futures Fellows from across the country for their first On-Campus Immersive Experience (OCIE).

Why We Flipped the Model: A New Era for Higher Ed Innovation

VentureWell launched the Ecosystem Futures Fellowship to further broaden and deepen our support, focusing on institution-wide transformation, cross-campus collaboration, and leadership engagement.

Empathy in Entrepreneurship Education: Five Ways To Bring Empathy Into the Classroom

Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) workshop series, social scientists and entrepreneurship educators offer research-based insights and classroom techniques.

Four Ways To Foster Creative Thinking in Student Entrepreneurs While Developing Their Problem-Solving Skills

With the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) workshop series, educators offer classroom techniques to develop problem-solving skills.

Increasing Student Engagement In Entrepreneurship: Four Key Motivational Tactics

These research-based tactics can help you motivate student entrepreneurs to get engaged and make a real-world difference.

Successful Startup Teamwork Relies on Three Communication Strategies

Teaching communication is part of teaching teamwork is part of teaching entrepreneurship. These techniques are based in academic research.

Shaping the Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Deshpande Symposium

Attendees of the Deshpande Symposium identified four key reasons why they found the conference so valuable to their work in higher education innovation and entrepreneurship.

Beyond the Classroom: Challenging the Traditional Teaching Model for Engineering Students

Bayo Ogundipe of James Madison University shares his approach to introducing engineering students to the global nature of innovation.

Training Future Problem Solvers Through Human-Centered Design and Design Thinking

Carlee Bishop of Agnes Scott College discusses her approach to integrating design thinking into human-centered design with the support of our Course & Program Grants.

How To Connect Design Students to Sustainability

Course & Program grantee Mateo Neri offers advice for faculty seeking ways to integrate sustainable principles into their courses.

disrupting the cycle of food insecurity and climate crisis: celebrating student and faculty innovation

In honor of World Food Day, we spoke with two members of our community about their work at the intersection of climate change and food insecurity.

the role universities play in startup ecosystem development

We explore the role universities play in regional ecosystem development, and how they can help level the playing field for all entrepreneurs.

Bioengineering Capstone Programs: 5 Ways to Maximize Impact

Bioengineering capstone programs help prepare students for real-world challenges in a way that is different from any traditional lab course.

Intensive Design Experience: Preparing Engineering Students for the Real World

An intensive design experience simulates a high-performance team situation to show students what it takes to succeed in the workforce or as an entrepreneur.

Faculty Spotlight: Rodney Boehm

Rodney Boehm applies his technical and business experience to help students at Texas A&M University commercialize their innovations.

Faculty Spotlight: Agostinho Almeida

Agostinho Almeida teaches biology students on how to take their research from the lab and into the market.

Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Entrepreneurship Education

An interdisciplinary team of educators at Penn State share ways to overcome institutional barriers to entrepreneurship education.

Faculty Spotlight: Jed Taylor

Learn how Jed Taylor applied his I-Corps™ training to entrepreneurship education.