| The Birth Control App wins the 2023 Renaissance Women’s Summit Student Pitch Competition:
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Owen Graduate School, Julia Schuller and Danielle J. Miller, M.D., co-founders of the Birth Control App, won first place at the 2023 Renaissance Women’s Summit Student Pitch competition. The Birth Control App is a digital women's health company on a mission to improve the standard for women's health.
“I think having an event like this really highlights the opportunities that Vanderbilt University offers and all the supportive folks in the community and beyond,” said Miller. “ We're thrilled to be a part of it. It's great to have women supporting other women, for the good of all humankind.”
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Calling All Staff! Do you have an idea or suggestion?
Use the Wond’ry Idea Platform (WIP) to easily submit your ideas and suggestions, while also tracking the progress of your submissions.
And that's not all! We have an ambitious goal of finding 50 solutions for 50 ideas within just 50 days! We're inviting staff to send in their suggestions and join us for an in-person event, where we can work together to solve the challenges we face.
Submit your ideas before March 12th!
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Wond’ry launches Climate Innovation Accelerator to help Nashville small businesses and nonprofits advance climate-ready solutions
The Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, has launched the Climate Innovation Accelerator program, adding to the depth of its climate-focused programming. The accelerator is co-created and led by Jaclyn Mothupi, director of social innovation at the Wond’ry.
“Our team at the Wond’ry created this accelerator with the aim of telling a new story by widening the lens on who engages and has access to resources in the realm of sustainability,” Mothupi said.
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The Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s innovation center, collaborates with IBM to equip learners for STEM-related careers
The Wond’ry is working with IBM to equip Vanderbilt community members with no-cost STEM education and career readiness resources through IBM SkillsBuild, a no-cost education program focused on underrepresented communities, that helps develop valuable new skills and equitable access to career opportunities in technology fields. “Bringing these kinds of accessible resources into our programs provides crucial support to our students, faculty, and staff by fostering discovery and importantly, application of their innovative work and ideas,” said David Owens, professor of the practice of management and innovation and Evans Family Executive Director of the Wond’ry.
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Program UpdatesCheck out all of the exciting initiative in the Wond'ry areas:
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Vanderbilt Map the System competition is underway and students are working on diving deeper into complex societal problems. The competition presentations will be hosted at the Wond’ry on April 6th 2023. from 6:30 - 8:30pm.
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TFC Summit was a success!!
On Saturday February 18th, The Wond’ry Social Innovation team partnered with the TFC Annual Innovation Summit to host four Build Your Social Innovation Toolbox sessions for undergraduate students. The activities placed the students in the drivers seat of Design Thinking, equity centered design, and systems mapping.
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Unlock Your Creativity and Enhance Your Innovative Potential with Fundamentals of Innovation!
This exciting new course offered by the Wond’ry is designed to empower any individual with the knowledge and skills needed to drive innovation and make a positive impact. Whether you’re interested in design thinking, entrepreneurship, product design, or just want to learn how to think more creatively, this self-paced, free-of-charge course has everything you need to succeed. Start exploring the world of innovation today!
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Interested in running a design sprint in your organization but don't know where to start?
Enroll today in the Design Facilitation Certification program at the Wond'ry!This five-week practice-based course combines facilitation skill development with a focus on design thinking exercises.
Participants will have opportunities to run exercises, receive feedback and build a workshop. Starting on March 22nd, the course will meet on Wednesday evenings from 4:30-6pm on the 3rd floor of the Wond'ry.
What you will take away:
- A robust understanding of the design thinking framewor
- The confidence and necessary toolkit to create an impactful and engaging design sprint/worksho
- A community of like-minded design doers and thinkers interested in implementing design sprints/workshops within their organizations
Click here to apply!
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The Health Care IDEA Studio has had an excited month. We've opened our doors to undergraduate interns. We facilitated an innovation workshop for the VUMC Resident & Fellow Health Equity Elective. We collaborated with the FAB Lab to put on two Dignity-Centered Hospital Gown Re-design workshops. We also started alpha-testing with select users for the Health Innovation Virtual Exchange (HIVE) -- our homegrown platform to source problems from clinical environments, collaborate with other innovators across the institution, and submit/review previous projects to ensure iterative progress. To learn more about the Health Care IDEA studio, email ryan.j.buckley@vumc.org.
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Sullivan Family Ideator Bootcamp (Hybrid)
An immersive, 3-week hybrid bootcamp designed to provide innovators with the tools and resources they need to evaluate an idea. The bootcamp provides a great next step to one of our full programs or the National Science Foundation I-Corps Program.
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Mid-South Innovation Open Mic: Mar. 8Aspiring innovators are invited to practice presenting their ideas and projects to a panel of entrepreneurial experts and mentors. Click here to learn more.
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Create a Wire Tree Workshop: Mar. 9We will provide different colors of wire, gemstone beads, and crystals to use as the base of your tree. Click here to register.
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Calling all researchers and scientists interested in faculty and student research and development and exploring whether or not your science or technology may have some applications with NASA. Join us to learn about space entrepreneurship and beyond with the Mid-South Hub.
Learn about opportunities to get acquainted with programs to promote entrepreneurship for science, technology, and research applications at NASA and other potential funding opportunities. This webinar will feature how to work with NASA via a new funding opportunity launched for researchers and scientists that works directly with the Mid-South Hub.
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Spotify Plaque Workshop: Mar. 30 & Apr. 6
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Students knitters, some new to knitting and those with existing skills, are enjoying Mareike Sattler's (Department of Anthropology) every-other-week knitting workshops in the FAB Lab! This workshop is every 2 weeks and is open to knitters of all levels, whether you are a seasoned knitter or just starting out. Click here to register.
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Upcoming Electrical Workshops:
Convert your home into a smart home using smart switches!
Wednesday, March 22, 6 PM to 8 PM
Thursday, March 30,2 PM to 4 PM
Ever wondered how you can make your home “smart”? How you could possibly control your lights or ceiling fan with a button on your phone? In this workshop, we’ll show you how that happens. During this session, you will learn how to use Arduino and Bluetooth technology to control a smart switch! At the end of the workshop, you will have assembled a smart switch that you can control using your own Android or iOS phone! Click here to register. Build your first phone app using Flutter!
Wednesday, March 29, 6 PM to 8 PM
Thursday, April 6, 2 PM to 4 PM
It’s now easier than ever to build your own phone application! Bring your computer, and follow along a simple tutorial to build a phone app that can run on both Android and iOS! During this tutorial, you will learn how to program a simple button to roll a dice for all your future board game needs. Click here to register.
Get industry ready for a career in electronics! Design PCBs using Altium Designer!
Saturday, March 25, 10 AM to 1 PM
Saturday, April 22, 10 AM to 1 PM
Description: Designing printed circuit boards (PCBs) is an extremely important skill for engineers of all disciplines. This workshop will walk you through the process of designing an electronics circuit from a simple breadboard assembly to a PCB that allows the same circuit to fit into smaller spaces. Student attendees are encouraged to download the free academic license available from the Altium Designer website. Click here to register.
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Upcoming External Events:
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Women in Data Science Conference: Mar. 7Vanderbilt University’s Data Science Institute is giving women in data science a chance to connect, network and learn from other women in the field at the Women in Data Science Conference in Alumni Hall. Click here to register.
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The next Voices of Entrepreneurship speaker series of the 2022-2023 academic year will take place on March 23 from 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. with featured guest Brittani Roberts Click here to register.
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Emerge is a free one-day conference hosted by Vanderbilt’s WiC Organization. The theme this year is Artificial Intelligence. There will be inspirational speakers, workshop sessions, and FREE food and swag. Be on the lookout for more details and registration information being released in the coming weeks!
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The Wond’ry Internship Network (WIN) provides a platform for undergraduate and graduate students from Tennessee-based institutions of higher learning to reach their inner innovator. Students can explore their passions by choosing between a variety of opportunities within one of the many Wond’ry practice areas (Biomedical Innovation, Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Research & Design, Making, the Launch Incubator, and the Wond’ry itself). Through each project, interns not only learn relevant skills but also make an impact by assisting in trailblazing work. To learn more and apply, visit our Work at the Wond'ry page.
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More Opportunities: - 2GI Spring 2023 Cohort - Learn More
Mar. 20-May 22 | Deadline: Mar. 6 - Catalyst Competition - Learn More
Oct. | Deadline: Mar. 7 - LaunchU 2023- Learn More
May 18 | Deadline: Mar. 8 - MIT WFA Innovation Prize- Learn More
May | Deadline: Mar. 20
- Next Top Entrepreneur Competition- Learn More
Apr. 20 | Deadline: Mar. 22
- Summer Venture Lab: Berkley - Learn More
May 22 - Jun. 30, 2023 | Deadline: Mar. 31 - TOM Global Innovation Challenge - Learn More
May 2 | Deadline: Apr. 3
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Being able to make things with hand tools and digital fabrication tools will help you quickly test ideas, clearly communicate concepts, and solve problems in your life. Hosted in the Wond'ry, this course provides an introduction to design thinking, computer-aided design (CAD), rapid prototyping methods, and the strategies to actualize your ideas. This course is for 2nd and 3rd year student only, with all majors welcome and no prerequisites. To learn more, email kevin.c.galloway@vanderbilt.edu.
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Support Our StudentsBy making your tax-deductible gift to our Wond’ry Student Project Fund, you help us award students with the funding they need to turn their ideas into reality. Donate here.
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