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- Innovation Quest Selects Five Top Startups, Ranging from Manufacturing Innovation to New Hair-Care Option April 23, 2026UConn Today – The Innovation Quest (iQ) entrepreneurship competition crowned five new champions on April 20, with innovations that included a novel manufacturing innovation, a system for making tuition payments easier, and tool to help protect creative endeavors from being usurped by AI. The students ranged from a second-semester freshman to a ready-to-graduate Ph.D. candidate.... […]Claire Hall
- First-Year Business Student Invites UConn Diners to ‘Swipe’ for Easy Dining Hall Nutrition Info April 17, 2026UConn Today – Sean Howard ’29 (BUS) is not a code writer or a programmer. He doesn’t have a background in computer science, and he comes from a family of teachers, not engineers. But the first-year School of Business student from Branford, who hasn’t settled on his major quite yet, is an entrepreneur, which means... […]Scott Slater III
- Innovation Quest Turns Ambitious UConn Students into Entrepreneurs February 2, 2026UConn Today – If it hadn’t been for UConn’s Innovation Quest (iQ) entrepreneurship program, Keegan Jalbert ‘23 (CLAS) would still be debating when to start his own business. Instead, the entrepreneur and graduate student in nutritional sciences is making great progress with his company called AccessFlora. He has purchased a food trailer, and in the... […]Claire Hall
