Innovation

Sometimes the most creative ideas do not start in a dorm room or a lab. They start in a half-finished hallway that still smells like fresh drywall and paint. I…

Most people still picture trash removal as big trucks, loud mornings, and a service you never really think about. But walk around a campus in Boston right now, and you…

I was walking past a freshly painted Victorian house near downtown Denver one evening and caught myself staring at the color choices longer than I should admit. It hit me…

I had this odd late night thought: if you gave every campus startup access to a friendly electrician, how many "dumb" dorm rooms would quietly become smart labs? And how…

I was scrolling through yet another student founder Slack channel late at night and it hit me: half the pitches needed less "AI magic" and more working outlets. It sounds…

Sometimes the most unexpected startup ideas do not come from hackathons or business classes. They show up in small teaching studios, while a kid is trying to play a clean…

I remember staring at a glowing campus power bill during a late night student government meeting and thinking, "Why are we not putting solar on every flat roof in Colorado…

I was walking across a campus in Cape Girardeau one evening, and it hit me that the most active place was not the student center, but a patch of carefully…

Some student startups begin with a hackathon, a business plan template, or a random late night idea in a dorm. Others start with something much simpler: staring at a freshly…

It hit me one night while I was walking past the engineering building on campus and saw a group of students arguing over a 3D printed joint for a tiny…