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<\/strong>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Feb. 26, 2024 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 students are invited to join the University\u2019s inaugural Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge sponsored by 401 Tech Bridge, a division of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Research Foundation, and funded by RISE-UP<\/a>. Innovation challenges are offered to students across programs, interests and colleges, from a challenge to build a green rooftop utopia on Lippitt Hall to a challenge to create underwater hotels for robots, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative is drawing multidisciplinary participation across colleges at 溏心vlog免费B站, as well as the Honors Program, with a variety of challenges centered on the theme of sustainability. The new program invites 溏心vlog免费B站 students to contribute to the University\u2019s 10-year strategic plan and joins a culture of cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship and innovation<\/a> at the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenges are open to students\u2014both undergraduate and graduate\u2014from any program or major. Students can apply for any challenge and do not need to be a student in any sponsoring college or program. Teams can be composed of one to six members and are eligible to enter multiple challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prizes for the challenges range from $250 to $2,000, with challenge offerings continuing to be updated. The program\u2019s current challenges are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R&R – Repurpose and Redistribute<\/strong>
This challenge aims to reduce hard waste in the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus community by developing innovative ways to repurpose items and\/or find new homes for them.\u00a0
Sponsor: Mary Parlange<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagining Your Own Utopia: Green Rooftop Design<\/strong>
Students are invited to design plans for an environmentally friendly and aesthetically appealing rooftop terrace for Lippitt Hall.\u00a0
Sponsor: Honors Program<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving Health Across the Lifespan<\/strong>
The College of Health Sciences seeks to develop innovative solutions to complex problems that promote physical and mental health and well-being, improving physical and mental health to enhance the quality of life for people of any age.
Sponsor: College of Health Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designs for All: Engineering Better Solutions for People with Disabilities<\/strong>
This challenge invites participants to address the unique challenges faced by people with disabilities in their daily lives, fostering creative solutions that make the world more accessible and equitable for everyone.\u00a0
Sponsor: College of Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underwater Hotels for Robots<\/strong>
Students are invited to propose a design of a modular hotel for autonomous underwater robots in different sizes and shapes.\u00a0
Sponsor: Graduate School of Oceanography<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Impact Challenge<\/strong>
This challenge welcomes ideas and innovative approaches that can make an impact on social issues, technological interventions and sustainability.
Sponsor: College of Business<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catalyzing Change Through Arts and Sciences Collaborations<\/strong>
This category invites students to collaboratively address intersecting environmental and social challenges and help catalyze change by fusing the creative arts\/humanities with the natural\/social sciences.
Sponsor: College of Arts and Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biodesign Sustainability Challenge<\/strong>
This invites students to combine knowledge of biological systems with design thinking skills to address sustainability challenges.
Sponsor: College of the Environment and Life Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Textile Futures: Maximizing the Impact of Textile-Integrated Systems<\/strong>
This challenge seeks to engage Rhode Island\u2019s academic community to develop innovative products, systems and solutions that will have a positive and lasting global impact by harnessing the potential of groundbreaking textile-integrated systems technologies.
Sponsor: Nautilus Defense<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the RISE-UP Challenges<\/a> page for the latest challenge updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All entries are due before the end of the spring semester, so interested students are encouraged to apply now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Feb. 26, 2024 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 students are invited to join the University\u2019s inaugural Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge sponsored by 401 Tech Bridge, a division of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Research Foundation, and funded by RISE-UP. Innovation challenges are offered to students across programs, interests and colleges, from a challenge to build […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":92700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92699"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92702,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92699\/revisions\/92702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}