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Nottingham Spirk and CWRU launch partnership to inspire product development and commercialization
A new partnership between Nottingham Spirk, a global product design and business innovation firm known for creating some of the world’s most popular consumer items, and ӰƵ will engage and inspire the next generation of inventors in new ways. Nottingham Spirk will create...
Students, alumni bring hard science and fun to CES 2015
From health monitoring to aviation, from mobile password protection to affordable high-end yo-yos and more Nine teams of ӰƵ student and alumni entrepreneurs will showcase their inventions and burgeoning businesses at the world’s premier stage for innovation, the Internat...
Campus inventors: Apply for expanded think[box] Student Project Funding
For his Miami high school science fair project, Felipe Gomez del Campo set out to discover how plasma and flames interacted—using a Bunsen burner and propane from his family’s grill. Four years later, with the help of think[ box ] and support from a generous alumni donor, that backyard project has t...
Three student startups in national Blackstone LaunchPad competition
Student entrepreneurs from ӰƵ will pitch their startup businesses to a panel of investors in a national competition in New York City Oct. 27-28. The first-ever Blackstone LaunchPad National Demo Day will pit 20 student startups from across the country—including three fr...
Relive Homecoming Weekend with highlight video; alumni award winners named
It began with a blastoff. And included a Broadway star. People went Beyond the Fence. And cheered a big win over the Bears. ӰƵ’s Homecoming Weekend welcomed graduates and parents alike with educational programs and social gatherings, a tradition-rich parade and alumni honors. M...
Renovations begin on new home for think[box]
ӰƵ’s think[ box ] project has always been a little different. From its lower-case name to its basement “startup” space, the innovation hub has consistently defied convention as it sought to become a full-sized reality. Little wonder, then, that when it came time for construction t...
At Wyant Athletic and Wellness Center dedication, namesake commits $5 million more to CWRU
Commitment includes $2 million for an addition to the soon-to-open Wyant Center, plus $3 million to think[ box ] innovation center The man who had to be persuaded to come to a cross country practice more than 50 years ago returned to campus Thursday to celebrate the opening of a new athletic facil...
Celebrate the success of think[box] at Oct. 15 reception
More than 60,000 visitors from across campus and across the community have stepped into ӰƵ’s think[ box ] since the innovation center first opened its doors in 2012. The space has inspired creativity and launched student startups, becoming every inch the inventor’s playg...
Think[box] team's ”Waterfall Swing” displayed in Austria
ӰƵ alumni Andrew Witte and Mike O’Toole, manager of Thinkbox Ian Charnas, and Andrew Ratcliff created a “Waterfall Swing” that is now being displayed at the OK Center for Contemporary Art in Linz, Austria. The 18-foot-tall structure, which seeks to combine engineering w...
Complete think[box] survey; be entered to win think[box] gift coin
Thinkbox users are invited to share their thoughts and help plan the idea lab’s future. Users can participate in the first-ever thinkbox user survey to help shape important decisions in the lab. Ten participants in the survey will be chosen at random to receive a $25 thinkbox gift coin. The survey...