Business & Economy
2025 Orange Innovation Fund Grants Announced
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Libraries awarded seven Orange Innovation Fund grants to student start-up businesses in 2025. From launching a clothing line for neurodivergent individuals to creating artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools for industries as diverse as health care, computing and drone operation,…
Student’s Mobile Upcycled Clothing Business Turns Trash Into Treasures
When junior Ava Lubkemann, an environmental engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was growing up, her parents taught her the sensibility of re-using goods, thrifting what she needed and making the best use of everything she…
Back-to-School Shopping: More Expensive and Less Variety of Back-to-School Items
With many students heading back to the classroom over the next several weeks, what should parents expect as they begin back-to-school shopping for their kids? Patrick Penfield is a professor of practice in supply chain management and director of executive…
WISE Women’s Business Center Awarded Grant From Empire State Development, Celebrates Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The WISE Women’s Business Center, in collaboration with the Whitman School of Management, announced the renewal of WISE as an Entrepreneurial Assistance Center (EAC) through the Empire State Development EAC program. This award ensures WISE’s continued designation as one of…
Calling All Alumni Entrepreneurs: Apply for ’CUSE50 Awards
Did you cultivate your entrepreneurial skills as a student at Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity and either founded or currently own your own business as an Orange alumnus? If so, you’re encouraged to apply for the University’s third annual ’CUSE50 Alumni Entrepreneur Award,…
Whitman Honors Outstanding Alumni and Friends at 2025 Awards and Appreciation Event
Vice Chancellor and Whitman School of Management Executive Dean Mike Haynie and Interim Dean Alex McKelvie, along with other staff and faculty members of the Whitman School, gathered in New York City on May 15 to recognize a select group…
Libraries Innovation Scholar Launches Utopia, a Transparent Beauty Brand
Trey Augliano ’27, a rising junior in the Whitman School of Management majoring in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and marketing management, recently launched Utopia Beauty, a science-driven beauty retailer that promises to bring transparency and trust to the personal care…
Registration Open for Sports, Entertainment and Innovation Conference July 8-10 in Las Vegas Â
The second annual Sports, Entertainment and Innovation Conference (SEICon)—named by Zoomph as one of the best sports business conferences of 2025—will be held from July 8-10 at MGM’s iconic Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. SEICon is a partnership between UNLV…
Blackstone LaunchPad Student Start-Ups Win in the 2025 New York Business Plan Competition
Three Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) student start-up teams won prizes in the finals of the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC), powered by Upstate Capital Association of NY, held in Albany on April 24. Carolyn Fernandes G’25 (College…
2025 Raymond von Dran iPrize and Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award Winners Announced
Winners of the 2025 School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship iPrize competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson (HBW) Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award were announced on April 10 at the Blackstone LaunchPad in Bird…