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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.

Make a LaunchPad peer mentor match online

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Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, noon

Easily request a mentor through this simple form or on our new “request a mentor” page on the LaunchPad website.

August 2020 Wrap Up

black and white photograph of SU campus early buildings

Posted on Aug. 28, 2020, 2:25 p.m.

Working through several digital description and transcription projects.

Venture Summit Virtual Connect 3.0 early discount offer

Venture Summit logo with tagline "Where Innovation Meets Capital"

Posted on Aug. 28, 2020, noon

Venture Summit Virtual Connect 3.0 includes a discount for Syracuse University LaunchPad members who can register early.

Tyra Jean joins the LaunchPad as an inaugural Todd B. Rubin Diversity and Inclusion Scholar

girl sitting on bench on Einhorn Walk

Posted on Aug. 26, 2020, noon

Tyra Jean joins the LaunchPad as an inaugural Todd B. Rubin Diversity and Inclusion Scholar.

Sam Hollander ’22, founder of FSCL, accepted into The Tech Garden

outside of Syracuse Technology Garden building

Posted on Aug. 26, 2020, noon

Student startup FSCL, founded by Sam Hollander ’22 was accepted by The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse as a new member.

Hanna Seraji and Gabbi Holliman-Lopez create Tableau Media

two women siting side by side smiling

Posted on Aug. 21, 2020, noon

Hanna Seraji and Gabbi Holliman-Lopez create Tableau Media as a powerful voice for marginalized identities.

Chloe Capital Fellowships available to help build skills, connections

four women hugging each other

Posted on Aug. 20, 2020, noon

Seven Fellowship opportunities with our good friends at Chloe Capital, a movement-driven venture capital firm that invests in women-led companies.

New PubMed: What’s Changed and How You Use it

PubMed Screen Shot

Posted on Aug. 20, 2020, 8:25 a.m.

PubMed interface has recently changed.

Opportunity board: UVC marketing associate

five people with Upstate Venture Connect logo underneath

Posted on Aug. 18, 2020, noon

Upstate Venture Connect, a non-profit that connects high-growth founders in Upstate NY, is looking for a part-time marketing associate.

Lifting as we climb: Mary Church Terrell and the 19th Amendment

left side cartoon drawing of Mary Church Terrell and right side a posed photo of Mary Church Terrell

Posted on Aug. 18, 2020, 9:24 a.m.

100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women in the United States the right to vote.

Connect through our new Syracuse LaunchPad Discord platform

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Posted on Aug. 17, 2020, noon

Connect through our new Syracuse LaunchPad Discord platform this semester.

Patrick Linehan ‘21 has always been a storyteller

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Posted on Aug. 17, 2020, noon

Patrick Linehan joins the LaunchPad as a Global Fellow this academic year.

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