Science themed birthday parties bring the element of fun. What: Events company Innovation: This business was created out of the outreach work already being done by Prof. Mindy Levine, including her Chemistry Camp for Girls, where middle school girls study the chemistry of bubbles, lipstick chromatography, and cornstarch relays. Prof. Levine actively works to inspire […]
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Crossbar
Taylor Ross, is the founder of the social enterprise Crossbar, a direct seller of soccer goals to colleges, universities, and sports facilities. Profits are being used to enable access to education, schools, and soccer fields to underprivileged youth. Thus far, the company has raised $30,000 of the $100,000 necessary to build a school in Kenya. […]
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Taking her Shot
A soccer player from the age of 3, Taylor Ross ’18 credits the sport with, well, everything. “It’s given me my business. It’s taught me teamwork and accountability and balance. Being a Division 1 athlete, a college student, running a business, having two jobs, having a social life, and being family-oriented was challenging,” Ross said. […]
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KINGSTON, R.I. – June 10, 2019 – For a national marketing competition to promote a sporty luxury car, a class of University of Rhode Island business students challenged themselves and their target audience to “Level Up.” It proved to be more than just their slogan. Students in Marketing Professor Christy Ashley’s Strategic Marketing Management capstone […]
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KINGSTON, R.I.- September 6, 2018- Becoming an entrepreneur can be an exciting, but intimidating goal. For young adults considering such a path, entrepreneur Aidan Petrie has two words of advice, “Be brave.” Petrie, who started 15 companies to date, will share his challenges and successes in entrepreneurship in his presentation on Sept. 10 at URI’s […]
Continue reading "Entrepreneur to Encourage URI Students to ‘Be Brave’"Interns in URI engineering lab win hackathon at Harvard
The three visiting students are working in URI’s Wearable Biosensing Lab KINGSTON, R.I. – June 19, 2019 – Three interns in the Wearable Biosensing Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering won first place in the Astropreneurship, Space Medicine and the Dataverse Hackathon, held recently at Harvard University. The three interns, Himanshu […]
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