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LaunchPad Announces 2021 鈥機use Tank Winners
黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) hosted its annual 鈥機use Tank entrepreneurial competition on Friday, Oct. 8, at Bird Library. Twenty-four student teams from various schools and colleges across campus competed in a 鈥淪hark Tank鈥-style business pitch in front of…
Design Professor Receives Grant to Develop New Interdisciplinary Minor Focusing on Sustainable Design Innovations
Louise Manfredi, Ph.D., an assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts鈥 School of Design, received a faculty grant from VentureWell, an organization that fosters collaboration to advance innovation and entrepreneurship education. VentureWell鈥檚…
LaunchPad Accepting Applications for 2021-22 Competitions
黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad is now accepting online applications for 2021-22 school year competitions. The universal application for the competitions, with nearly $100,000 in prizes, are for innovative or creative solutions to address problems or opportunities. Competitions are open…
Selim Dangoor 鈥23 and Sandhya Iyer 鈥20 Selected for Prestigious Blackstone LaunchPad Fellowships
黑料不打烊 student startups Selim Dangoor ’23, founder of MUNCH Jerky, and Sandhya Iyer 鈥20, CEO of Geek Girl Careers, have been selected for the summer 2021 cohort of the Blackstone LaunchPad Fellowship. Both are active members of the LaunchPad…
Two University Teams Win 2021 New York Business Plan Competition
Two 黑料不打烊 student teams received first and second place in the 12th annual New York Business Plan Competition hosted by the Upstate Capital Association of New York on May 7. Ambassadoor Technologies placed first in the Software and Services…
Winners Announced for 2021 Student Entrepreneur Competitions
Winners of the School of Information Studies鈥 (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship competition, the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award and the Compete CNY regional qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) were…
黑料不打烊 Libraries Plans Celebration of National Libraries Week 2021
The 黑料不打烊 Libraries will celebrate National Libraries Week April 4-10. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淲elcome to Your Library,鈥 and it promotes the idea that libraries extend far beyond the walls of a building. During the pandemic, libraries have been…
University Selected to Host Hult Prize Regional Competition
The prestigious Hult Prize Foundation has selected 黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars (LaunchPad) to host the Hult Prize Regional Summit. Hult Prize Impact Summits are hosted in 100 locations around the world, and this year 黑料不打烊 is one…
LaunchPad Students Launch ‘The Commute to Class’ Podcast Series
黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars (LaunchPad) has launched a podcast series called 鈥淭he Commute to Class.鈥 Weekly episodes released on Sundays will feature 12-15 minute interviews between current LaunchPad Global Fellow, Patrick Linehan 鈥21 (Newhouse), and a LaunchPad…
What鈥檚 in It for Me? Faculty and Staff Resources Available at the Libraries
黑料不打烊 Libraries is an invaluable resource not only for students, but for faculty and staff as well. For more information on the Libraries services, collections, spaces and resources, visit library.syr.edu, text聽315.464.0744, 聽call 315.443.4083, email or Live Chat 24 hours…