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I&E Education

The accidental entrepreneurs: 10 years of the UNC Faculty Entrepreneurship Workshop

Every spring, small groups of the most enterprising faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill experience flashbacks of sitting in class as undergraduates....

Announcement: New Name for Commercialization Office (formerly OCED/OTD)

To: Campus Faculty, Students and Staff From: Judith Cone, Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development I am pleased...

Economic & Social Impact

How UNC-Chapel Hill nurtures entrepreneurs

Did you know more than 8,000 jobs in North Carolina have been created by Carolina startups and more than $10...

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Inventor of the Year: Mark Schoenfisch makes NO the optimistic answer

Mark Schoenfisch likes to quip that his favorite letters are “N” and “O.” That might seem like a surprising preference...

I&E Education

What’s working in entrepreneurship education? Carolina leaders discuss at Desphande.

Interested in learning about the latest initiatives that colleges and universities around the world have launched to accelerate innovation and...

Economic & Social Impact

Well Said: Damian Walker

Damian Walker, a recent graduate who majored in political science and minored in the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship, is a...

Startups & Ventures

Carolina student entrepreneur makes a Paris pitch

When UNC-Chapel Hill student Edwina Koch stepped onto the field in Busch Stadium to make her pitch, she wasn’t planning...

Funding & Investors

Venture capitalists for a day: UNC competition lets students turn the tables

For most recent college graduates, giving back to their university can seem daunting. Many are ready to move on to...

Economic & Social Impact

For displaced children, UNC faculty are creating an innovative path home

Each month, more than 400 children across North Carolina are removed from their birth homes due to child abuse or neglect. Although...

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Strength in numbers: stats, sights and sounds from the 2018 UNC Innovation Showcase

Miss this year’s UNC Innovation Showcase and want a quick recap? Or want to see photos from the presentation sessions...

Two UNC-affiliated startups win KickStart awards, pursue novel therapies for cystic fibrosis, blood clots

More effective therapies for cystic fibrosis and blood clots could be on their way, thanks in part to a recent...

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Student-run thrift shop creates a less-is-more solution

As each spring semester comes to an end, most college students are eager to move on to summer internships, jobs...

UNC-Chapel Hill startups boost employment, economic development in North Carolina communities

Startups affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continue to bring jobs and increased revenue to North...

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship

UNC undergrad, community entrepreneur team up to create mobile app game Stratagem!

A lover of checkers, chess and connect four, Marcus Robertson has always been interested in puzzles and games of strategy....

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Startups & Ventures

UNC startup Ribometrix pioneers technology to target RNA, unlock new disease therapies

Today, the majority of drugs and pharmaceuticals on the market that treat human disease are designed to target a specific...

Phyta to compete in Melbourne for Hult Prize

Phyta, a current CUBE social innovation venture powered by Carolina students Eliza Harrison (’19), Lucy Best (’19), and Emily Kian...

Startups & Ventures

Launch Chapel Hill celebrates five years of jumpstarting companies and economic growth

What started as an entrepreneurial project in 2013 has evolved into an economic force, fulfilling a vision for nurturing new...

Startups & Ventures

Pioneering UNC startups showcased at CED Life Science Conference

Nine startup companies affiliated with UNC-Chapel Hill will participate in the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s (CED) 2018 Life Science Conference,...

Funding & Investors

Successful first year emboldens Carolina Angel Network

An innovative technology platform that improves patient experiences…A business model idea for a subscription service for home air filters…A better...

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Economic & Social Impact

UNC faculty entrepreneurship workshop goes international

As one of the top university business accelerators in North America, Launch Chapel Hill participates in the U.S. Department of...

UNC-Chapel Hill startup Bivarus acquired by national leader in health care performance solutions

Carolina startup programs helped prepare company for early success, acquisition by Press Ganey If you notice improvements in the care...

UNC startup EmpowerRT offers personalized cancer care anywhere

Cases of cancer continue to steadily rise across the globe, particularly in developing countries. According to Harvard’s School of Public...

Funding & Investors

Four UNC postdocs receive Pfizer-NCBiotech Fellowships

Four UNC-Chapel Hill students have been named by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center as members of its first class of...

Funding & Investors

Triangle Business Journal: New gene therapy subsidiary inks UNC licensing deals

New York-based Fortress Biotech (Nasdaq: FBIO) has formed a new gene therapy subsidiary. And as part of that formation, it...

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Carolina maker culture breaks down academic silos

As the Maker Movement continues to gain momentum across industry, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is creating...

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Student entrepreneurs develop pitch-perfect ventures

William Sweet knows how to stop people fast in their tracks. It’s a skill that UNC-Chapel Hill football fans have...

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Emerging technologies meet entrepreneurial ideas

Ever seen a ballerina dance on a table? Or tried to climb Mount Everest inside a library? For those who...

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Two new maker courses offered for spring 2018

The University creates opportunities to foster innovation and entrepreneurship through high-tech makerspaces. And now, two new courses in making are available for spring...

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

For some Carolina students, making isn’t something they go and do. It’s where they live.

When UNC-Chapel Hill students want to make a physical object for a class or research project, many quickly look for...

Three novel UNC-Chapel Hill startups named to the latest class of KickStart Commercialization Award winners

Altis Biosystems, EmpowerRT and Irex Pharma receive a combined $110,600 in funding to develop new stem-cell technologies for drug discovery,...

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