Events

Join the Entrepreneurship Center team from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the Blue Makerspace to learn more about the Adams Apprenticeship and application guidelines. You can network with current apprentices and advisors and make merry over food and drink from Linda's. A presentation will start promptly at 5:15 pm. The Adams Apprenticeship is a game-changing

Date: Tuesday, Sept 18 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location:  BLUE (1st floor of Carmichael Dorm) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-thinking-prototyping-session-tickets-49827897583 Join us in the BLUE Makerspace for a workshop around design thinking and prototyping. After a brief design activity on getting the creative juices flowing, students will break into random teams and receive a problem to solve.

1789 Dinner and Workshop: The Startup Life Idea to Acquisition: Inside the Journey of a Top Student Startup  Taylor Myer and his business partner Zach Hunter started a company as students at UNC and sold it before they graduated. Taylor will take you through their journey, sharing what it takes to start a company.  Hear

Join us at Lonerider to hang out with fellow UNC Alum innovators and entrepreneurs on September 20th from 5:30-7:30 pm. We'll brief you on a few initiatives that can support your startup and ways to get involved in the I&E community on campus. Hosted by: Innovate Carolina, Kenan Flagler Business School's Entrepreneurship Center, Shuford Program

Musical Empowerment is an organization that gives students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district free music lessons. Musical Empowerment needs UNC students who have experience with an interest in fundraising, marketing, and nonprofit development to help run the organization. Applications are due by Sept. 22. To apply, email Musical Empowerment's marketing team.

Join us for the fashion party of the year to celebrate the launch of our Tareef Collection + our collaboration with Delhi-based boutique Roop Vatika. Hosted in partnership with Kiran, a great local nonprofit that provides assistance to victims/survivors of domestic violence in South Asian communities. A percentage of ticket sales will go to Kiran.

Join us on Carolina Family Weekend for free brunch in the full scale, 3000-square-foot makerspace embedded in the ground floor of Carmichael Residence Hall. Get a rundown of resources available to all students interested in innovation or entrepreneurship. Learn about programs, clubs and competitions that can help your idea thrive at the BLUE Sky Innovation

September 26, 2018, companies with cancer prevention, detection and treatment innovations are invited to attend a presentation and private meetings with Dr. Jonathan Franca-Koh, NCI Program Director, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Development Center. After an information presentation from 9:00am - 10:30am, there will be rare chance to sign up for one-on-one meetings from 11:00am -

The Carolina Sustainable Business Club's general interest meeting has been re-scheduled to this coming Wednesday, September 26, from 7:45 - 8:45 pm in Room 3409 at the Union. We can't wait to see you all there! During this meeting, we'll provide information about our club, lay out our plans for this semester, and give details about

The Triangle Global Health Annual Conference will bring together global health leaders to address the significant ways that we can use innovative ideas to have a positive effect on the communities we serve. This year, the conference will address innovation from a broader and more comprehensive viewpoint. Abstract submissions are underway. Learn more

The 2018 Optimal Aging Challenge is a $20,000 (USD) global competition to improve healthy aging by leveraging the development of breakthrough technologies, community resources and other solutions to reduce social isolation and loneliness and increase engagement among the older populations. In collaboration with the Massachusetts Governor Baker's Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts (MA Aging Council),

This program is a platform for research collaboration designed by LG Chem that will be initiated with novel proposals from universities and research institutions from all over the world. The contest theme includes Energy, Environment, Functional Materials, Bio, Platform Technology, as well as other areas that need innovative solutions. The specific keyword for each contest theme