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Arizona Leads Nation in Entrepreneurial Growth, Study Reports

By Alicia Cormie • College Times

Arizona may be in the desert, but it’s fertile ground for entrepreneurs looking to launch their business.

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Engineering student shines at high-powered entrepreneurship bootcamp

Think of it like this: You’re part of a small, fledgling advertising agency that has promising talent but not a great amount of experience or a long track record.

Then there’s a surprise call from a major international corporation inviting your agency to make a pitch for their advertising business.

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Arizona State University team wins Imagine Cup U.S. Finals

Team FlashFood, comprising four students from Arizona State University, won first prize in software design today at Microsoft's Imagine Cup U.S. Finals. That means the team also won a trip to Sydney, Australia to represent the U.S. in the competition's worldwide finals July 6-10.

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ASU team to represent US in worldwide student technology competition

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Team FlashFood includes (left to right) marketing and sustainability major Jake Irvin, biomedical engineering major Eric Lehnhardt, materials science engineering major Katelyn Keberle, and computer science major Steven Hernandez. The team’s faculty adviser (not pictured) is Richard Filley, director of the ASU's Engineering Projects in Community Service program. Photo by Jessica Slater/ASU

Four ASU students have won a place in the premiere international student technology competition by taking first place, April 23, in the U.S. Finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup in Seattle.

Their team, named FlashFood, earned a trip to the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in Sydney, Australia in July.

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Unchained: Alum launches nonprofit to fight sex trafficking

When it came time to choose a community internship project as part of her major in the School of Social Transformation, Jamie Roberts (class of 2011) approached Catholic Charities Community Services with the expectation that she might be assigned to an after-school program working with kids.

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