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Global Impact Award Winner ChiChi will launch in Target this August

ChiChi, a startup founded by Chiara Munzi (BA ’23) and Izzy Gorton (BSBA ’25) during their time at WashU, will launch in select Target stores beginning in August. The company cooked up early versions of its chickpea breakfast cereal in

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Skandalaris Startup Spotlight: Connect

Building the digital backbone of future-ready school districts Fortuna Kadima (EN ’26) didn’t come to WashU expecting to start a company, but when his dream of becoming a Boeing 747 pilot was cut short by the plane’s retirement, a high

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Skandalaris Venture Competition Winner Top Tutors for Us is raising test scores and changing lives

Angelica Harris (BS ’21, BSBA ’21, MS ’22) drew from her personal experience struggling with standardized tests when founding her startup, Top Tutors for Us. The company designs educational programs and curricula to help Black and Brown high school students

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Every second counts: How Skandalaris Venture Competition Winner nCase is fostering safer communities through innovation

Alumnus Matt Bitner-Glindzicz engineers a life-saving solution When McKelvey Engineering alumnus Matt Bitner-Glindzicz was writing his college application essay, he focused on his interest in “space as the next frontier for humanity.” Today, he’s keeping his feet on the ground

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Inversa: the WashU Startup Combining Engineering and Fashion Design to Restore Endangered Ecosystems

There are many paths to a career in fashion. Kahan Chavda, BSBME ’16, began his scuba diving off the Florida Keys. “‘What are those fish?’ They’re beautiful,” Chavda recalls asking the divemaster. The response was swift and vehement. “He ranted

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