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Junia Janvier, a freshman in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences and a member of BUild Lab’s First Year Innovation Fellowship, founded My Sisters Keeper, a non-profit that works to instill self-confidence in young girls of color. COURTESY JUNIA JANVIER

How a BU freshman used her personal story to impact change in start-up

Lily Kepner February 26, 2020
A recipient of the first-ever First Year Innovation Fellowship at the BUild Lab, freshman Junia Janvier, spent her first semester refining her passion project, “My Sisters Keeper,” a non-profit that would help seventh and eighth grade girls of color better acclimate to high school.
A Boston University student at the BUild Lab. Applications for the first round of the biannual Innovate@BU Idea Cup are due Friday. RODRIGO DE LA MAZA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Innovate@BU unveils entrepreneurial competition known as ‘Idea Cup’

Zoe Allen November 28, 2018

Innovate@BU is holding its first school-wide entrepreneurial competition this fall, allowing students to submit business or project ideas with the hope of winning a $1,000 first place prize. The...

Hult Prize program lead Priya Krishnamoorthy speaks at the competition’s kick-off event Monday night. COURTESY OF AHLEA ISABELLA

BU to host innovation-focused startup competition

Zoe Allen October 16, 2018
The inaugural Hult Prize@BU competition, a startup contest focused on social impact, kicked off at Boston University’s BUild Lab Monday.
The BUild Lab, home to Innovate@BU. Innovate@BU is set to launch a new program, “The Innovate Pathway,” to aid in the process of innovation by current Boston University students. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Innovate@BU launches program to help students develop startups

Daily Free Press Staff October 4, 2018
Innovate@BU introduced a new program Monday called the Innovation Pathway, which allows aspiring Boston University student entrepreneurs and innovators to develop ideas, present them to professionals for feedback, and turn them into startups.
Seniors Jenni Li and Jennifer Long at The Future of Everything event at the BUild Lab on Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BUild Lab showcase explores the future of industries

Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 27, 2018
Members of the Boston University community gathered in the BUild Lab Tuesday evening to view showcases and listen to presentations about the future of certain industries by faculty from departments across BU.
Innovate@BU hosts a cultural entrepreneurship class with Dave Spandorfer, co-founder of Janji on Tuesday evening.

Entrepreneur discusses innovation experiences with graduate students

Kiran Galani February 21, 2018
Dave Spandorfer, co-founder of the running apparel brand Janji, spoke at Boston University Tuesday night about the experiences and difficulties of starting his company and answered students’ questions about their own ventures.
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