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Season Chowdhury ’23 on building your network

student against purple lighting

Posted on Sept. 10, 2020, 3:34 p.m.

Season Chowdhury ’23 worked into the early morning for five days during high school to finish a website he was building for a mock client.

Jackson Ensley ’22 grows POPCYCLE

a man in blue t-shirt

Posted on Sept. 10, 2020, 3:31 p.m.

The ability to turn an idea into a product that truly functions for a community is a rare skill.

Visit Popcyle in the LaunchPad this fall

students with a popcycle banner

Posted on Sept. 10, 2020, 3:28 p.m.

POPCYCLE is bringing style and creative energy to the Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars in the glass cube on the main floor of Bird Library this semester, with regular hours several days a week.

Chris Appello ’21 on social media

man on a boat

Posted on Sept. 7, 2020, 3:47 p.m.

Social media have always been my outlets for self-expression and creativity.

Maxim Glagolev on making a difference in the world

man leaning against a column

Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 4:03 p.m.

Entrepreneurship looks glamorous. The rewards and fulfillment of creating a successful enterprise often attract many people, but what we often overlook are the efforts and hard work that go into becoming successful at it.

Lucas Kosmynka ’23 on creativity as a means for influence

man leaning against a white wall with his arms crossed

Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 4:01 p.m.

On a little hamlet of Long Island, NY stands a man with a camera, peering into the screen as his actors bring their vision to life.

Kennedy Patlan ’18 lives for social entrepreneurship

headshot of Kennedy Patlan standing outdoors, smiling at the camera

Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 4 p.m.

The dream of making the world a better place is often an elusive one.

Kayla Simon ’19 on reaching the stars

Photo of Kayla Simon smiling into the camera

Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 3:58 p.m.

Entrepreneurship is a word often reserved for business majors who have always aspired to work in startups, or geniuses who have started a massively successful tech company.

Research your customers, competition and market with help from Stephanie McReynolds

Stephanie McReynolds smiling for a photo in Bird Library

Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 3:52 p.m.

Work with Syracuse University’s business, management, and entrepreneurship librarian, Stephanie McReynolds, to learn how to research your customers, competition, and market.

Ellen Jorgensen ’23 balcony perspective

student in an outdoor setting

Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 3:50 p.m.

Ever since she was a child, Ellen Jorgensen ’23 has been intrigued by the power of perspective.

Marcus Cook ’19 has The Success Bug

man in gray suit

Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 3:48 p.m.

The well-planned life is not always the successful life.

James Rudman ’21 explores the crossroads of tech and creativity

student standing in front of a lake

Posted on Sept. 3, 2020, 4:05 p.m.

James Rudman ‘21 grew up in the town with the highest concentration of log cabins in the world.

Chris Hosmer ’99 creates a new COVID-19 mask

Syracuse University VPA alum Chris Hosmer making a presentation

Posted on Sept. 1, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Chris Hosmer ’99, (VPA Industrial and Interaction Design), co-founded an air wearables company dedicated to innovating consumer respiratory protection because his own children were suffering health reactions due to pervasive air pollution.

Jacob deHahn ’19 using creative entrepreneurial spirit to make masks more accessible

two brothers wearing accessible face masks

Posted on Sept. 1, 2020, 4:13 p.m.

Jacob deHahn ‘19, is an energetic and bubbly New England native who is determined to make the world a more accessible place.

Adjusting the Lens

Exterior view of Hall of Languages, 1886.

Posted on Sept. 1, 2020, 2:37 p.m.

Images in the Syracuse University Photograph Collection.

Student band NONEWFRIENDS

group of bandmembers on a rooftop in syracuse

Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:39 p.m.

On a Saturday morning this August, a soul-full sound emanates from the second floor of a dilapidated house on Ackerman Avenue.

Rubin Family Innovation Mentor Sam Hollander ’22 featured by Future Founders

student at a podium

Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:37 p.m.

Rubin Family Innovation Mentor Sam Holland ’22 was featured recently in an article by Future Founders on his plan to help make education more accessible.

Dave Fox ’19, Nick Barba ’20 and Sam Hollander ’22 complete Blackstone LaunchPad Techstars Fellowship

Dave Fox at a Techstars event

Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:35 p.m.

Syracuse LaunchPad founders Dave Fox ’19 iSchool and Nick Barba ’20 Whitman (co-founders of Smarta) and Sam Hollander ’22 Whitman and Newhouse (founder of FSCL) recently completed the first-ever LaunchPad Fellowship.

LaunchPad Orange Ambassador Sasha Temerte ’23 seeks to understand

Student posing in front of a scenic cave

Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:33 p.m.

Somewhere, in a library, a woman lounges with a notebook and a pen.

Density raises $51M to safely reopen buildings with AI occupancy tracking sensors

person walking next to a wall monitor

Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:25 p.m.

This fall, buildings around the country are facing the challenge of re-opening in a pandemic.

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