Entrepreneurship
Geoscience Graduate Student Wins First Prize in Innovation Quest Competition
Mark Smith plans to establish a start-up to produce an imaging device that can capture ultra-high-resolution images of micro-macroscopic objects in two and three dimensions.
Innovation Takes Center Stage at Recognition Event
The event put the spotlight on UConn's cutting-edge research and partnerships with industry and state government.
UConn Engineers Train for New Business Creation
A new graduate class is part of a wave of new programs and training offered by the School of Engineering to promote student and faculty innovation and entrepreneurship.
UConn Professor’s Patented Technique Key to New Solar Power Technology
A novel fabrication technique developed by engineering professor Brian Willis could lead to a breakthrough that will vastly improve solar energy systems.
UConn’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans Receives Grant from NBC Connecticut
The grant will be used to expand the program, which equips veterans to start and grow their own businesses.
Decorated Marine, UConn MBA Heads Business School’s Programs for Veterans
Michael Zacchea leads the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, as well as initiatives for recruitment and support.
From Patenting Inventions to Persuading Investors, Student Entrepreneurs Getting Hands-on Help
Winners of UConn's Innovation Quest contest received a 'crash course in creating a business' from alumni and other experts.
UConn Celebrates Economic Benefits of Innovation at Inaugural Ceremony
Awards highlight the University's commitment to bringing research where it benefits people.
Improving the Detection of Landmines
A chemical engineering doctoral student has developed a portable sensing system that can detect hidden explosives accurately, efficiently, and at little cost.
UConn Patented Instrument Helps Reduce Risks in Drug Development
A team of faculty and students from pharmacy and engineering has invented an instrument that could help pharmaceutical companies develop new medicines more efficiently.