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Global Impact Award Finalist Spotlight: WattShift

Meet Global Impact Awards Finalist WattShift, a software startup working to optimize smart energy devices for grid incentive schemes. Founder Will Blanchard (EN ’18) began his entrepreneurial career while he was an engineering student at WashU; his first venture, CyberPowered

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Global Impact Award Finalist Spotlight: Lux & Nyx

Meet Global Impact Award Finalist Lux & Nyx, a startup born from a deep desire to empower high-achieving women to bridge the gap between their identities and rise up as self-made individuals. Founder & Designer Lisa Hu (PMBA ’16) spent

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Spring 2025 Skandalaris Venture Competition Finalists Announced

Sixteen WashU student and recent alumni ventures have been selected as finalists in the Spring 2025 Skandalaris Venture Competition (SVC). On March 6, thirty-three semifinalists presented a their best two-minute pitch to a panel of judges during a closed session.

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Global Impact Award Finalist Spotlight: Sobriety Hub

Meet Global Impact Award finalist Sobriety Hub, a startup on a mission to set a new standard in data analytics for sober living homes. By providing an intuitive solution built from the ground up, Sobriety Hub hopes to save time

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Skandalaris No-Code Hackathon: 36 Hours, Zero Code, Unlimited Ingenuity

What happens when you put a bunch of WashU (and SLU!) students in a room for 36 hours with no sleep, no code, and a whole lot of coffee? Magic. This past weekend, February 21-23, the Skandalaris Center hosted its

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