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August 2010

Take Your Nonprofit Idea from Vision to Reality

Posted by Anonymous on August 24, 2010 at 1:08 PM MST

Courtney Klein was only 18 when she decided to become part of the solution.

The challenge? As Klein saw it, many Gen-Y’ers were either unaware of what was happening in the world or felt incapable of changing issues they were passionate about, a problem she felt society could not afford to ignore.

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My Story: Making a Renewable Energy Idea a Reality

Posted by Anonymous on August 24, 2010 at 10:18 AM MST

Renewable energies have become a hot topic, popping up everywhere from Capitol Hill to the Daily Show with Jon Stewart to Seventeen Magazine, believe it or not. In addition to their inherent environmental value, sustainable energeries offer significant economic benefits. Read on to learn how ASU Ph.D.

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Your Invitation to Pursue What You Believe In

Posted by Anonymous on August 24, 2010 at 10:12 AM MST

Do you ever notice that during the first two weeks of school you seem to have the same conversation over and over again with everyone you meet? “What did you do this summer?”

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Faculty and Student Entrepreneurs Can Now Venture Forward. Faster.

Posted by Anonymous on August 24, 2010 at 10:04 AM MST

 For Joshua Tong, recent ASU graduate and CEO of technology start-up InnovateLife, becoming an entrepreneur has been a calling.

And it’s a calling that is now producing a potentially ground-breaking – and life-saving – product at InnovateLife, a local company started with a few bright ideas from some ASU students.

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Raúl Gonzales, Ph.D. student, School of Life Sciences and Marco Ugarte, Ph.D. student, School of Sustainability

Posted by Anonymous on August 03, 2010 at 2:59 PM MST
Marco Ugarte, PhD sustainability student
Marco Ugarte, PhD sustainability student, stands behind the NASDAQ podium. Ugarte's venture, Agavenol, was one of three winners from the First SmartView Eco Entrepreneur Challenge. The achievement earned the team the opportunity to join the Global Reporting Initiative in the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony on May 14 in New York City.

Raúl Gonzales has always had a passion for science, but as an ASU doctoral student on a biofuels project he realized that the combination of business and science could be a powerful driver of change. He decided to team up with friends, including Marco Ugarte, and launched Agavenol, an alternative fuel source which turns agave into ethanol.

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