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Students, faculty and staff invited to Global Game Jam at the Wond’ry this weekend
Jan. 19, 2017—Participants will work together to develop a fully operational video game by the event’s close Sunday afternoon. The event, hosted in partnership with the Vanderbilt Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy and Nashville Game Developers, is being held simultaneously with more than 600 other sites worldwide. More than 100 participants are expected at...
Vanderbilt ranked 20th among world’s 100 most innovative universities
Jan. 18, 2017—Vanderbilt ranked 20th in the second annual Reuters Top 100, which aims to identify the institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy. Vanderbilt climbed 14 spots in the 2016 ranking, up from No. 34 in the inaugural ranking in 2015.
Global Game Jam at the Wond’ry
Jan. 10, 2017—Each year, the global organization http://globalgamejam.org/gives a keynote plus gives a theme for all 500+ worldwide sides. The theme gives ideas for how to create your game and what to include. People can find a team, or if they have an idea, they can put together a team. There is lots of collaboration, and lots...
Unique exhibition will ‘map’ science and visualize data at four campus locations beginning Jan. 23
Jan. 9, 2017—“The Places and Spaces exhibition embodies a key tenet of Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan,” Associate Provost for Digital Learning John M. Sloop said. “The Education Technologies pillar of the plan compels us to transform education models through technology and research, and Places and Spaces is a unique example of this philosophy. The university is proud...
New Wond’ry makerspace, design class boost children’s hospital solutions
Jan. 4, 2017—The New Product Design and Development course, offered for 15 years by David Owens, professor for the practice of management and innovation, got a priceless boost this year. He delivered lectures on intellectual property and took students through exercises in the design process inside the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s new makerspace. They also used its work areas...
Nashville Entrepreneur Center reclaims ‘front door’ role
Dec. 8, 2016—When the Nashville Entrepreneur Center launched in 2010, its leaders said they wanted the organization to serve as the city’s front door for entrepreneurship. Michael Brody-Waite, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s new CEO, wants to make sure the nonprofit is living up to that original description in a way that makes the most sense, given new entrepreneurial resources...
Priya Haji Fellowship
Nov. 16, 2016—WHAT IS THE PRIYA HAJI FELLOWSHIP? True Ventures’ Priya Haji Fellowship is a program for new college graduates—particularly women—seeking their first full-time startup jobs. Fellows are paired with companies in the True Ventures portfolio in the San Francisco Bay Area, with whom they work for nine months. During their Fellowships, program participants will develop foundational...
True Entrepreneur Corps
Nov. 16, 2016—Who is TEC designed for? We are looking for capable and hardworking students with a passion for technology and entrepreneurship. Students with any major and/or educational interest are encouraged to apply. Over the past few years, we have been moving closer to 50-50 gender parity in our classes and hope to hit that mark in 2017....
Vanderbilt’s Wond’ry spurs school-wide innovation
Nov. 15, 2016—Vanderbilt’s innovation center, called the Wond’ry, has officially opened, welcoming students of all 10 colleges and schools to tinker, experiment, build companies and share ideas in the new, three-story facility filled with natural light. The 13,000-square-foot center is the product of five years of discussion and planning focused on spurring entrepreneurship and creativity among Vanderbilt students.
Pre-Flight program allows Vanderbilt students, staff to explore entrepreneurial ventures
Nov. 7, 2016—Select students, faculty and staff with entrepreneurial plans for a business idea now have a course directed at helping them turn their work into reality. The Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s new Innovation Center, is hosting 40 people for a seven week course focused on providing the education necessary to run a startup company. The new program is...