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From WashU’s Skandalaris Center to the grocery store: How ChiChi is disrupting the breakfast business

At first, Washington University in St. Louis students Izzy Gorton and Chiara Munzi wanted to call their chickpea hot breakfast cereal GOATMeal, a play on the term “greatest of all time” and oatmeal. Unfortunately, GOATMeal also evokes, you know, actual

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Big Ideas: A Data-Driven Innovation Competition Winners Announced

Originally published in The Record, the official newsletter of WashU, on July 22, 2024. Winners have been chosen in the annual Big Ideas competition. The competition is jointly sponsored by the Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics at Washington

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Skandalaris Spotlight: Fabric

Grappling with the feeling of isolation in the wake of COVID-19, and the transition to a new high school, founder Ethan Wickstrom (EN ’27), could see the growing gap between hyper-connected digital lives and meaningful real-life relationships. Through carefully navigating

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Skandalaris Internship Program Spotlight: Stamp & Chase

What can a seasoned, 30+ year healthcare executive learn from a bright, young, energetic MBA? The answer is a lot when that former executive heads a small-and-growing company that’s working hard to scale a new SaaS platform that improves adoption

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Five WashU Founders Recognized at St. Louis Inno Fire Awards

On July 9, the St. Louis entrepreneurial community came together for St. Louis Inno’s Fire Awards, which recognizes the innovators shaping the entrepreneurial ecosystem and applauds companies and organizations growing their teams, launching new products, and positively impacting society. The

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