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Students pitch inventive ideas during Launch Days

October 6, 2015

“Our solution is a sleek, simple and easy-to-install cooling pad which will keep your car cool when it’s parked,” said Shenoy, who invented the yoga-mat-type device with her fellow student,

ASU faculty spin-out company to enhance literacy instruction with national grant

October 3, 2015

Learning Ovations, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based education technology company, has received a $1.05 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support the development of the company’s cloud-based tool for

How the maker movement helps turn ideas into businesses

May 15, 2015

ASU’s pioneering role in advancing the maker movement in the Valley is evident at TechShop Chandler. The do-it-yourself makerspace is located at the ASU Chandler Innovation Center in Downtown Chandler.

What’s behind the lack of women in STEM careers and how to change it

April 15, 2015

Speaking at the 2015 Girls in Tech conference, ASU’s dean of entrepreneurship said that higher education institutions can and should play a key role in leveling the playing field for

Library room dedicated to getting new businesses off the ground

April 15, 2015

ASU’s Entrepreneur Outreach Network is making libraries spaces of innovation and economic development for their communities.

Ducey signs Arizona equity crowdfunding bill aimed at small businesses, entrepreneurs

April 15, 2015

What will be the impact of equity crowdfunding on local businesses? Reporter Hayley Ringle focused on the pros and cons of the bill signed into law by Arizona Gov. Doug

Skateboard entrepreneur has seen the light

April 15, 2015

ASU alum and Edson participant Greg Rudolph created his skateboard lighting company called Board Blazers in college after a brief conversation with a skateboarder.

ASU Edson companies innovate future in medicine, public health

March 18, 2015

Two teams from ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are making scientific breakthroughs by developing ways to prevent fogging on surgical lenses and producing a tablet that will immediately

ASU Edson Initiative gears up for another round of student-driven innovation

March 15, 2015

The ASU Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative supports some of the top startups at ASU by providing resources, including office space at ASU SkySong, up to $20,000 in seed funding and