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Camelback Ventures Announces its 12th Fellowship Cohort
Dec. 15, 2023—CAMELBACK VENTURES ANNOUNCES ITS 12TH FELLOWSHIP COHORT KICKING OFF IN THE NEW YEAR! Camelback Ventures is proud to welcome our 12th cohort of education and conscious tech innovators as part of our rigorous fellowship supporting undervalued entrepreneurs leading social impact ventures across the United States. These 12 Founders are leading unique ventures focused on pressing...
Protected: the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, and the Mid-South Hub Receive 1 Million NSF ExLENT Award to Revolutionize Workforce Development
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CREST initiative gets grant to energize workforce development, economic growth through regional cross-sector collaborations
Dec. 5, 2023—The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to an initiative born of the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, the Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization and key regional stakeholders. The groundbreaking CREST (Coalition Responsible for Equitable Skills Training) initiative is designed to connect industry, academic and community partners to craft workforce development programs that...
Wond’ry Commodore Cup Unleashes Student Innovation for Sustainable Campus Transformation
Dec. 1, 2023—This year, the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Center for Innovation, launched their first ever Commodore Cup, a design thinking challenge that was funded through one of Vanderbilt’s Sesquicentennial Grants, which resulted in teams showcasing their ingenuity with proposed sustainability improvements for Vanderbilt’s campus. “We were elated to embark on the journey of creating a groundbreaking program centered...
Building for Inclusivity: TOM Makeathon Unveils Inspiring Innovations
Nov. 15, 2023— The spirit of innovation and compassion took center stage, as Vanderbilt University hosted the annual Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) Makeathon, a culmination of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. TOM, is a global movement of communities that creates and disseminates affordable solutions to neglected challenges of people living with disabilities. The TOM: Vanderbilt Makeathon is an...
Zeno Power wins $7.5M Pentagon contract for underwater radioisotope power system
Nov. 13, 2023—Zeno Power wins $7.5M Pentagon contract for underwater radioisotope power system Zeno Power says it’s been awarded a $7.5 million contract from the Department of Defense to build and demonstrate a radioisotope power system that can provide distributed power on the seabed. The program, funded through the Pentagon’s Operational Energy Innovation Office and the Office of Naval Research, calls...
Fathom Partners with the Department of Labor and National Science Foundation on Pioneering Analytics for Equity Initiative
Nov. 13, 2023—Fathom Partners with the Department of Labor and National Science Foundation on Pioneering Analytics for Equity Initiative In a groundbreaking collaboration, Fathom aligns with the Department of Labor’s Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to participate in the Analytics for Equity Initiative, addressing pressing questions on equity...
Fathom Welcomes Vanderbilt Grad Lily Liu for Workforce Data Project
Nov. 13, 2023—Fathom Welcomes Vanderbilt Grad Lily Liu for Workforce Data Project Fathom is excited to announce the hiring of Keqing (Lily) Liu, a talented graduate student of Vanderbilt University’s Data Science Institute. Liu joins Fathom as a research assistant, a strategic move aligning with the company’s shift towards digital career management solutions for students, workers, and job seekers....
In it for the ‘Long run’: John Wilcox and Diatech Diabetes, Inc.
Nov. 3, 2023—John Wilcox is the founder and CEO of Diatech Diabetes, Inc. a medical technology startup led by people impacted by diabetes whose mission is to develop innovative solutions that address the issues people experience when using diabetes care technology. Diatech is pursuing an innovative set of solutions as one of four medical device start-ups in...
Better Together: I used to hate this word
Oct. 25, 2023—Better Together: I used to hate this word October 18, 2023 / Share A BI-WEEKLY COLUMN EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMUNITY BY SAM DAVIDSON When the idea for what is now Nashville Entrepreneur Center first surfaced, the entrepreneurial ecosystem was small in Nashville. The very inspiration for our organization was the fact that...