Congratulations to second year Delta Lab graduate student Yongsung Kim for winning the Segal Fellowship for 2015-2016!
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Design for America featured on ABC news
Design for America’s leadership studio attracted students from 29 universities to work on improving the lives of familes affected by down syndrom. ABC 7 Chicago featured the program.
DFA’s Sproutel team meets President Obama
I am so proud of Design for America’s Hannah Chung and Aaron Horowitz of Sproutel who were one of 32 companies invited to exhibit at the first White House Demo Day to promote diversity in entrepreneurship. Obama held their robotic teddy bear, Jerry the Bear, who said “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.”
Check it out:
- http://www.sfgate.com/
business/technology/article/ President-Obama-hosts-first- White-House-Demo-Day-6424032. php?cmpid=twitter-desktop - http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/
2015/08/04/at-white-house- demo-day-president-urges-more- diversity-in-tech/ - http://www.usnews.com/news/
politics/articles/2015/08/04/ obama-calls-for-more-female- and-minority-entrepreneurs - http://www.buzzfeed.com/
hamzashaban/obama-envisions-a- more-diverse-startup-scene? bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#. bdQAN5jjg
Here is the video of the day. They begin at 2:08:01!
They were also just featured on CNBC’s Power Pitch
Read about how universities are grooming the next great innovators
Check out Smithsonian’s latest on how universitities are grooming the next great innovators!