Accelerating the innovation pipeline

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April 26, 2019
By Shellie

The Women’s Innovation Council gives UNC-Chapel Hill students a forum to accelerate the pipeline of female entrepreneurs.

As the entrepreneurial community continues to flourish at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and across the Research Triangle region, female entrepreneurs at UNC-Chapel Hill are blazing their innovation trail through a new Women’s Innovation Council.

The Women’s Innovation Council bridges universities in the Triangle to elevate young female innovators and enhance campus programming.

Launched in fall 2018 by Sheryl Waddell, director of the Innovate Carolina Global Network, the council is a partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. Both universities nominate five female students to join the council, explore opportunities to advance women in entrepreneurship on their own campuses, and convene to share best practices.

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