Monday, August 1, 2011

Hot summer innovations

It's August first, and, with the hot temperatures outside I thought we could use some cool innovation news from on campus and around the globe:

-Innovating to solve the world’s biggest problems? UNC wins $32 million federal grant to eradicate AIDS. http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2260&Itemid=94

-UNC hosts camp that helps young entrepreneurs build "app"-titude: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/07/18/1351027/technology-camp-builds-app-titude.html

 -Fostering community innovation is critical to our own innovation pipeline.  Carolina joins a national collaboration to make that possible. http://www.gig-u.org/

-UNC Entrepreneur in Residence and Huffington Post blogger Buck Goldstein scopes out Google’s secret to creating an innovative environment: foster joy and curiosity:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/buck-goldstein/google-new-york-headquarters_b_913072.html

-And 30 years ago, their innovation forever changed how we “listen” to music: Happy Birthday MTV. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/01/mtv-30-years

Enjoy!

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