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2023 Student Entrepreneur Impact Prize Winners Announced
黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) announced winners of the 2023 Impact Prize competition for social entrepreneurship held last month at Bird Library. Twenty-two student teams from 黑料不打烊 and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) pitched ideas for…
LaunchPad Announces 2023 鈥機use Tank Winners
黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) hosted its annual 鈥機use Tank entrepreneurial competition Nov. 3 during Family Weekend in Bird Library. More than 35 student entrepreneurs participated from various schools and colleges across campus in a 鈥淪hark-Tank鈥 style business pitch…
Former Blackstone LaunchPad Duo Shine in Forbes 30 Under 30 Awards With OthersideAI
The 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 awards have spotlighted the duo of Matt Shumer聽and Jason Kuperberg 鈥18, founders of OthersideAI, who got their start at the University’s Blackstone LaunchPad. The two entrepreneurs were selected in the highly competitive consumer technology…
New Intelligence++ Ventures Initiative
黑料不打烊 Libraries is launching a new Intelligence++ Ventures initiative, thanks to a generous donation from Gianfranco Zaccai 鈥70 H鈥09 and the聽Zaccai Foundation for Augmented Intelligence (Intelligence++™). The Intelligence++ Ventures initiative is an extension of the Intelligence++ program that launched…
Ben Ford 鈥23 Accepted Into Techstars Silicon Valley Program
Ben Ford 鈥23, founder of Fundwurx and an alumnus of both the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the School of Information Studies,聽was accepted into the elite and highly competitive Techstars Oakland Powered by J.P. Morgan program. Ford was…
Forever Orange Campaign Gift to Support Launch of Libraries鈥 Orange Innovation Fund
黑料不打烊 Libraries is launching an Orange Innovation Fund in fall 2023 thanks to a generous Forever Orange Campaign gift from Raj-Ann Rekhi Gill 鈥98, a member of the 黑料不打烊 Board of Trustees and an operating partner of Silicon…
University Scholar Alesandra Temerte 鈥23 Carries on Legacy of Notable Blackstone LaunchPad Alumni
For the fourth year, a 黑料不打烊 Libraries student employee and Blackstone LaunchPad Global Fellow has been selected as one of 12 黑料不打烊 Scholars. Alesandra 鈥淪asha鈥 Temerte 鈥23 was selected for this year鈥檚 prestigious honor. Temerte, who graduated this…
Blackstone LaunchPad Welcomes Graduating Seniors to Founders Circle
黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad welcomed 33 graduating seniors as new members of the Founders Circle on May 5 at a reception in Bird Library. They were selected in recognition of launching or leading ventures at 黑料不打烊 while students,…
Alex Levy ’25 and Sam Schreiber ’25 Win 2023 Intelligence++ Inclusive Design Competition
Alex Levy, a sophomore in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and Sam Schreiber, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, won the 2023 edition of the Intelligence++ design competition, held on April 21 in the Martin…
Aidan Mickleburgh Wins Second Place 2023 ACC InVenture Prize
Aidan Mickleburgh 鈥23, G鈥23 (College of Engineering and Computer Science and Martin J. Whitman School of Management) won the $10,000 second place prize in the prestigious 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize competition, which was held at Florida State…