by aijanisakova | Aug 22, 2019 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program, Startups, Student Successes
by Thras Karydis, DeepCure Little longer than a year ago, I was sitting at my desk at the MIT Media Lab, reflecting on whether I had taken the right decision. Earlier that day, I had officially stopped my PhD at halftime, to join my lab mate and adviser in founding...
by william.brah | May 14, 2019 | Internships, Student Successes
UMass Boston’s Entrepreneur Scholarship founder, Dan Phillips Two more recipients of UMass Boston’s Entrepreneur Scholarship have been named. They are biochemistry major Sarah DuBois-Coyne and management information systems major Nezar Lila. Environmental science...
by william.brah | Apr 11, 2019 | GEIR program, Student Successes, Women Rising In Tech
Is there any greater accolade than a student saying that a project has been the most meaningful and valuable experience of her undergraduate career? According to Kristen Laird (pictured), that’s what one of her teammates said about their capstone project, which they...
by william.brah | Feb 12, 2019 | Hiring, Internships, Student Successes, Women Rising In Tech
UMass Boston grad Gabriela Veloz (’14) and her CloudHealth Technologies colleagues talked to UMass Boston students about career opportunities in venture-backed startup companies. Remember those times when you’d wish someone just a little ahead of you would...
by william.brah | Jan 31, 2019 | Hack.Diversity, Internships, News and Events, Student Successes
Ariana Gardner, University of Massachusetts Boston computer science grad & 2018 Hack.Diversity Fellow When the New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA) launched Hack.Diversity in 2016, they did so with the goal of addressing the underrepresentation of...
by william.brah | Nov 7, 2018 | Internships, Startups, Student Successes
Maria Vasco is the recipient of UMass Boston’s inaugural Entrepreneur Scholarship. She is a School for the Environment major in the Honors College passionate about changing plastic packaging in the beauty industry, and eventually founding a plastics alternative...
