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New VU Entrepreneurship Conference powered by Owen’s C4E + donors
Aug. 29, 2018—THE VANDERBILT Entrepreneurship Conference set for this autumn is being convened by the Center for Entrepreneurship (C4E) at Owen Graduate School of Management and is largely propelled by the philanthropy of two Owen alumni who earned their MBAs at Vanderbilt decades ago. The unnprecedented daylong event Friday, Nov. 9, is wide open to the public, as well...
3rd Brigade Combat Team: Rak Solid engineers design 3-D parts
Aug. 22, 2018—[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Soldiers assigned to 21st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, participated in a 3-D printing and laser etching exposition [at the Wond’ry] at Vanderbilt University, Aug. 9, with Kevin Galloway, director of making and research assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Vanderbilt University. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
“Smart” prosthetic ankle takes fear out of rough terrain, stairs
Jun. 28, 2018—It’s virtually impossible to know Mike Sasser’s left leg is a prosthetic one – after a decade of practice, he moves surely and swiftly through his busy days as a consultant and father. But when Sasser encounters uneven ground or a flight of stairs, he focuses very hard on balance, because that’s when using a...
Entrepreneurial brothers open music-industry access through Wond’ry advising
Jun. 15, 2018—Budding music-industry entrepreneurs at the Wond’ry are getting advice from two brothers whose diverse skill sets mesh together ideally for the business they launched.
The Best-Kept Secret in Nashville: Its Thriving Tech Scene
Jun. 7, 2018—The creative class clusters in East Nashville, where WeWork and Launch Pad recently planted stakes. The Idea Hatchery incubates niche retailers; and a former church is now home to digital agency SnapShot Interactive. Local tech darling Emma, recently acquired by Insight Venture Partners, was an early tenant in two of the six revamped red-brick trolley...
Filling the tech job pipeline
May. 31, 2018—At both Lipscomb and Vanderbilt’s The Wond’ry, the university’s innovation center that opened in 2016, students can engage with industry professionals during regular office hours. More than two dozen Mentors in Residence hold open office hours at The Wond’ry so that students can forge meaningful connections with industry leaders and receive one-on-one personalized guidance. It’s...
FROM CYCLIST TO ENTREPRENEUR
May. 9, 2018—Sinead Miller looks every inch a star with her long blonde hair, confident posture and the dress. But she is so much more than a pretty face. She is one of the new faces of the emerging ‘entrepreneur generation’ of Nashville in Tennessee state, US. At 27, Miller is creating waves with her new venture...
Technology: Using Virtual Reality to Treat Addiction
May. 9, 2018—Noah Robinson, a psychology researcher and Ph.D. candidate at Vanderbilt University—and former gaming addict—has reimagined the use of VR for treatment for addiction, moving outside the use of cue reactivity. While much of VR therapy is intended to be used in a clinical environment and with the participation and guidance of a therapist, Robinson hopes...
Class of 2018: Joshua Forges creates art that reflects his life
May. 9, 2018—Early in his Vanderbilt career, Forges served as president of the Kefi Collective, a student organization dedicated to the creation of public art on campus. Looking for more opportunities to collaborate across disciplines, he got involved with Innovation Garage—a partnership between the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s center for innovation and entrepreneurship, and Accenture PLC, a global management consulting firm. The...
Grajewski named to 2018 40 Under 40 list
Apr. 19, 2018—In its citation the publication wrote: “Grajewski helped launch the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt University’s new innovation center. Prior to this role, Grajewski, a serial entrepreneur and venture capital investor, got his first start in business when he co-founded Heritage Handcrafted with his childhood best friend in his Harvard University college dorm, and it grew into a...