Olin Cup awards $70,000 in seed investment to entrepreneurship competition winners
The John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis on Dec. 2 awarded a total of $70,000 in seed investment capital to two startup businesses in its annual Olin Cup entrepreneurship competition.
The Olin Cup, along with $50,000 in seed money, went to Luminomics, a biotechnology company that develops regenerative drug therapies for degenerative diseases. An award of $20,000 went to The Blessing Basket, a not-for-profit company that imports baskets made by weavers in undeveloped countries. Honorable mention was given to Core Devices, maker of a portable anesthesia machine.
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Jonathan Townsend, Ph.D., emeritus professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, died on Monday, Nov. 29, 2004. He was 82. The burial was private.
NIH awards $1.8 million to center for biodefense, emerging diseases research
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Ever since Dora E. Angelaki, Ph.D., left the small Greek island of Crete to attend college, she’s pursued her dream of becoming an academic with what her colleagues agree is one of her most distinguishing features: energy. “Dora is a scientific dynamo, and her boundless energy and enthusiasm are infectious for students and faculty alike,” […]
Architecture exhibition showcases international competition
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The value of failure
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Training with a master
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Reason to be proud
Photo by Joe AngelesThe volleyball Bears took second place in the nation at the NCAA Division III National Championships Nov. 26-27.
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