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CCEI INSPIRES A CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION THROUGHOUT UCONN
We support students, faculty, and alumni as they are innovating and creating solutions to some of the world's greatest problems. We connect students with opportunities to learn and engage in entrepreneurship, and know that these transformative experiences will be a catalyst to building the future they dreamed of. For alumni, we are here to continue to support their passions and goals no matter where their journey has taken them. While Entrepreneurship. Starts. Here. ... We certainly know it is just one step!
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CCEI IN THE NEWS
- Partnership, Collaboration, And Clarity July 22, 2024Mirage – As a child, Kumanga Andrahennadi would often walk through her village to the water’s edge and talk to the sea. She grew up in Tangalle, a coastal town in southern Sri Lanka. There’s no land between Tangalle and the continent of Antarctica, Andrahennadi explains, only the sea. Raised in a Buddhist family, Andrahennadi... […]Scott Slater III
- UConn course, with lessons on building a brand, creating content and more, empowers student athletes in NIL ventures July 6, 2024Hartford Courant – One of the University of Connecticut’s most valuable coaching programs for athletes doesn’t have much to do with sports. Dozens of UConn’s Division I student athletes — including men’s basketball champions Donovan Clingan, Hassan Diarra and Adama Sanogo — have been studying business development under the tutelage of David Noble, director of... […]Scott Slater III
- Innovation Quest’s Three Winning Teams All Passionate About Human Health April 29, 2024UConn Today – Although personal health-tracking devices have proliferated in recent years, entrepreneur John Toribio, a Ph.D. candidate at UConn, believes his innovation is far superior to what’s available on the market today. Toribio Labs is the winner of UConn’s 2024 Innovation Quest (iQ) entrepreneurship competition and has received a $15,000 award. Read articleClaire Hall
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