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Mona, Jace from Vanderbilt Win 2022 SEC Student Pitch Competition
Apr. 6, 2022—Mona, Jace from Vanderbilt Win 2022 SEC Student Pitch Competition Top three finishing teams in 2022 SEC Student Pitch Competition. By: SEC Staff SECU (Twitter: @TheSECU) COLUMBIA, SC – Vanderbilt University graduate students Max Mona and Adam Jace, founders of ESG Impact, won first place in the 2022 SEC Student Pitch Competition, hosted by the Darla Moore School...
Vanderbilt Wond’ry opens new incubator space for startups affiliated with Nashville’s universities
Apr. 6, 2022—Vanderbilt Wond’ry opens new incubator space for startups affiliated with Nashville’s universities The Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Center for Innovation, has opened an incubator space called Launch, which is dedicated to startups affiliated with local universities. Launch is designed to support pre-seed and seed-stage venture founders in a wide array of sectors—from health care to the arts—and business...
New Wond’ry lecture series to discuss ‘high voltage ideas’ with economist John List March 21
Apr. 6, 2022—New Wond’ry lecture series to discuss ‘high voltage ideas’ with economist John List March 21 John List, Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, will be the inaugural speaker at the Wond’ry’s new lecture series Stop and Wond’ry. List will discuss his new book, The Voltage Effect. During the discussion, he will touch...
Chatbot takes first prize in Mental Health Innovation challenge
Apr. 6, 2022—Chatbot takes first prize in Mental Health Innovation challenge Kelli Stewart, center, discusses her ideas during last week’s Mental Health Innovation Challenge and Hackathon. (photo by Donn Jones) by Paul Govern A chatbot — a computer program that simulates and processes human conversation — was the winning entrant in the Mental Health Innovation Challenge and...
Mentor network at the Wond’ry gives direction to entrepreneurial dreams
Apr. 6, 2022—Mentor network at the Wond’ry gives direction to entrepreneurial dreams By Amy Wolf Karrie Dudek is a Vanderbilt postdoctoral fellow who is building blood vessels with a unique biomaterial. Tim Darrah is a NASA fellow and military veteran who designed a device to protect air quality in buildings. Undergraduate Ben Damir is creating an immersive...
‘Boss Talks’ partners with Wond’ry to hold mentorship workshop
Apr. 6, 2022—‘Boss Talks’ partners with Wond’ry to hold mentorship workshop The Renaissance Summit, a mentorship workshop with guest speakers, is set to become an annual event at Vanderbilt. Shunnar Virani, Staff Writer February 17, 2022 Boss Talks, a global mentorship program that focuses on female empowerment in entrepreneurship, is partnering with the Wond’ry to hold a Renaissance Women’s Summit,...
College students disentangling the history, truth, and race in STEM experiences
Apr. 6, 2022—By: Aaron Cantrell Posted at 7:49 AM, Feb 16, 2022 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Studies show Black professionals make up only 9% of STEM workers in the United States, with the representation gap even larger for Hispanic professionals. This racial issue is just one of many college students are discussing to try and fix it in the STEM field....
Nashville to host women’s summit
Feb. 15, 2022—Nashville to host Women’s Summit NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Job numbers are growing and it’s a buyers market for anyone looking for a job – but disappointing statistics still remain for women in the corporate world – who make, on average, 80-cents on every dollar to their male counterparts. People are leaving their jobs and...
Inside the Box: Innovative within Constraints
Feb. 15, 2022—‘Inside the Box: Innovative Within Constraints’ virtual event scheduled for Feb. 18 The Enabling Innovation Initiative, or ei2, will host David Owens, professor of the practice of management and innovation and Evans Family Executive Director of the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, for the seminar “Inside the Box: Innovative Within Constraints.” David Owens (Vanderbilt University) The virtual event will be...
Wond’ry to host hybrid Renaissance Women’s Summit on Feb. 17
Feb. 11, 2022—Wond’ry to host hybrid Renaissance Women’s Summit on Feb. 17 On Thursday, Feb. 17, the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s center for innovation, will be hosting its first women’s entrepreneur summit in partnership with the Renaissance Marketing Group and Boss Talks Network. The daylong educational and motivational conference is for women entrepreneurs at all stages of their business journey;...