/unhtoday/feed/2570/rss.xml 91制片厂 Today Articles en /unhtoday/2026/01/unhs-ecenter-inspires-next-generation-entrepreneurs 91制片厂鈥檚 Entrepreneurship Center helps students from every major turn ideas into real ventures. From a medical literacy platform to award-winning startups, mentoring, competitions, and alumni support are fueling innovation campus-wide. ]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:30 -0500 Aaron Sanborn /unhtoday/2026/01/unhs-ecenter-inspires-next-generation-entrepreneurs /unhtoday/2025/05/holloway-competition-delivers-lessons-outlast-finals At the 91制片厂 Holloway Prize Competition, student teams gain more than just prizes 鈥� real-world skills, industry feedback and professional connections help turn innovative ideas into viable ventures, whether they win or not. ]]> Wed, 14 May 2025 10:30 -0400 Aaron Sanborn /unhtoday/2025/05/holloway-competition-delivers-lessons-outlast-finals /unhtoday/2025/05/joshua-cyr-named-unh-paul-j-holloway-entrepreneur-year Joshua Cyr '96, a dedicated mentor, innovator, and champion of New Hampshire's startup ecosystem, has been named the 91制片厂's Paul J. Holloway Entrepreneur of the Year.聽 ]]> Wed, 07 May 2025 16:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2025/05/joshua-cyr-named-unh-paul-j-holloway-entrepreneur-year /unhtoday/2025/05/granite-state-systems-earns-top-prize-holloway-competition A team that developed a system that reduces electricity costs for cold-storage warehouses through predictive pricing and strategic pre-cooling earned the $15,000 grand prize at the 37th Paul J. Holloway Prize Innovation to Market Competition. 聽 聽 ]]> Wed, 07 May 2025 10:15 -0400 Aaron Sanborn /unhtoday/2025/05/granite-state-systems-earns-top-prize-holloway-competition /unhtoday/2024/03/student-entrepreneur-tackles-social-isolation-new-platform Could a back-to-basics social media approach like the original Facebook help 91制片厂 students feel connected? 聽 聽 That鈥檚 what Brett Schultz 鈥�26 hopes as he works to launch his social media and e-commerce platform, College Connector. 聽 聽聽 Schultz, majoring in business administration with options in finance and entrepreneurial studies at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, is developing the platform to help ease students' social, emotional聽and financial concerns. 聽 聽 A recent Gallup survey found that one in four people worldwide feel lonely, with the highest rates reported among young adults ages 19-29. According to Schultz, these statistics, coupled with the stresses some students feel from being away from home and the lingering social impacts of COVID-... ]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:00 -0500 Aaron Sanborn /unhtoday/2024/03/student-entrepreneur-tackles-social-isolation-new-platform /unhtoday/2024/02/celebrating-startups-unh-roots-national-entrepreneurship-week In recognition of National Entrepreneurship Week (Feb.聽11-17), the 91制片厂 is celebrating the innovative startups driving the state and country鈥檚 economy 鈥� paying special tribute to those who began their journey on campus with support from the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (EC) and New Hampshire Small Business Development Center (NHSBDC).聽 鈥淓ntrepreneurship, at its core, is problem-solving,鈥� says Joshua Cyr, interim director of the 91制片厂 Entrepreneurship Center. 鈥淚n my role, I work with students from across the university who are motivated to solve a problem with a spark of an idea. The great thing about the Entrepreneurship Center is that no matter where someone might be in the development of their idea, we have the resources to meet them right where they are... ]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:30 -0500 /unhtoday/2024/02/celebrating-startups-unh-roots-national-entrepreneurship-week /unhtoday/2023/12/unh-celebrates-students-and-alumni-annual-social-venture-innovation-challenge Student and alumni innovators alike were celebrated last week at the culminating events of the NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge (SVIC), 91制片厂鈥檚 annual idea competition. Paige Balcom 鈥�16 (CEPS, mechanical engineering) was named the 2023 91制片厂 Social Innovator of the Year during the festivities. The award is among the university鈥檚 most prestigious, recognizing leaders with a demonstrated commitment to combining the purpose of a social and/or environmental mission with the rigor and accountability of a financially sustainable, scalable model for change.聽Over the years, awardees have served as inspiration for students competing in the SVIC, Fiona Wilson, deputy chief sustainability officer at 91制片厂 and director of the Sustainability Institute, says. Paige Balcom 鈥�16 receives the聽2023 91制片厂... ]]> Tue, 12 Dec 2023 08:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2023/12/unh-celebrates-students-and-alumni-annual-social-venture-innovation-challenge /unhtoday/2022/09/accelerating-success It was less than four months ago that Eric Ciarla 鈥�22 and Caleb Peffer 鈥�22 were shaking hands with 91制片厂 President Jim Dean as they collected their diplomas at commencement. Now they and their fellow founders of SideGuide, Nicolas Silberstein Camara 鈥�21 and Garrett Frohman 鈥�21, are routinely shaking hands with some of the giants in the tech industry. SideGuide, a platform helping tech companies speed up product implementation that was created by a quartet representing three colleges at 91制片厂, has achieved some significant milestones in the few short months since its final two founders departed Durham, most notably earning entrance into Y Combinator, one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the country that brings with it a deep network of connections and a seed investment of $500,... ]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:45 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2022/09/accelerating-success /unhtoday/2022/09/center-business-analytics-expands-professional-development-access The 91制片厂 Paul College Center for Business Analytics is excited to partner with 91制片厂 Professional Development & Training (PD&T) for the 2022/2023 Academic Year on a pilot program designed to increase access to professional development opportunities for 91制片厂 students, as well as small businesses connected with the Center. Beginning this fall, the Center will provide up to 50 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as 30 small businesses, full scholarships for any of 91制片厂 Professional Development & Training鈥檚 live (online or in person) short-term workshops. This program will allow Paul College advisers--Career, Academic, Faculty, and the NH Small Business Development Center--to offer additional training in specific areas for their students and clients. Students and small... ]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2022/09/center-business-analytics-expands-professional-development-access /unhtoday/2022/06/ecenter-honors The Deshpande Foundation awarded 91制片厂's ECenter its 2022 Excellence in Student Engagement in Entrepreneurship Award. ]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2022/06/ecenter-honors /unhtoday/2022/05/accelerating-success A $1 million gift from Harry Patten 鈥�58 and the Patten Family Foundation will launch the Patten Family Sales and Funding Accelerator program at the 91制片厂鈥檚 Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) this fall. The program will provide sales coaching to startup founders/co-founders who engaged at the ECenter as students and after graduation as young alumni. The professional training will focus on the unique aspects of selling products and services as a new startup. After three months of training, founders will be certified and eligible to apply for up to $50,000 in non-equity/non-recourse loans. The sales coaching will increase the probability of successful ventures 鈥� which is the goal. In addition, the current co-working space will be named the Patten Family Co-... ]]> Mon, 16 May 2022 15:15 -0400 Erika Mantz /unhtoday/2022/05/accelerating-success /unhtoday/2022/05/finishing-strong A team of 91制片厂 students worked through the night to improve its presentation at the last minute and ultimately walked away as national champions, taking first place in the E-Fest competition聽and the $50,000 prize that comes with it, along with the Global Impact Award and an additional $10,000 for that recognition. ]]> Tue, 03 May 2022 13:15 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2022/05/finishing-strong /unhtoday/2022/01/nominations-open-entrepreneur-hall-fame Nominations are open for this year鈥檚 class of inductees into 91制片厂鈥檚 Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, with inductions slated for this fall at an event hosted by the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter). ]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:00 -0500 /unhtoday/2022/01/nominations-open-entrepreneur-hall-fame /unhtoday/2021/12/and-running Many of the things Nathaniel Hunt 鈥�22 learned as a philosophy major proved beneficial when he conceived a business idea, and his partnership with the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center聽helped take the project from concept to Holloway Competition winner. Hear Nathaniel鈥檚 story in his own words. ]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2021/12/and-running /unhtoday/2021/11/building-idea-business Joel Nkounkou 鈥�18 turned an idea into聽a new business venture with the help of 91制片厂's Peter T. Paul聽Entrepreneurship Center, and he now proudly calls several of his former classmates and teammates his colleagues. ]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:00 -0500 /unhtoday/2021/11/building-idea-business /unhtoday/2021/05/prizewinning-dreams Before Ely Marciano鈥檚 last semester on campus, the graduating senior claimed a first by becoming the only student in the College of Liberal Arts to win the Maurice Prize for Innovation. ]]> Tue, 25 May 2021 22:00 -0400 Jody Record 鈥�95 /unhtoday/2021/05/prizewinning-dreams /unhtoday/2021/04/unh-podcats-talk-ecenters-ian-grant 聽 Ian Grant & The Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center ]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2021/04/unh-podcats-talk-ecenters-ian-grant /unhtoday/2021/04/unh-students-hack-change-hack-new-hampshire As the world marked a truly extraordinary year in a pandemic, the 91制片厂 InterOperability Lab (91制片厂-IOL) and the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) rallied to bring a little normalcy to 91制片厂 life with their annual hackathon. ]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2021/04/unh-students-hack-change-hack-new-hampshire /unhtoday/2021/02/ecenter-ideathonhackathon When some people hear the work 鈥榟ack鈥� they think identity theft; compromised information, gained when someone illegally accesses their computer. But the聽hackathons hosted by the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) are all about creative problem-solving. Hence the new term: ideathon/hackathon. This year鈥檚 competition, held virtually due to COVID-19, had teams of 91制片厂 students examining the workings of Gather, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, food bank, to see how it might operate more efficiently. The 24-hour event boasted 38 students from all majors across campus.聽 "An activity like this allows your creativity to flow. It鈥檚 a good experience for working with others, and in this case, it was also helping a good cause.鈥澛� 鈥淢ore often now around the world, the problems are not tech-... ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:30 -0500 Jody Record 鈥�95 /unhtoday/2021/02/ecenter-ideathonhackathon /unhtoday/2021/01/fellowship-will-offer-game-changing-opportunities The Shaw Innovation Explorers Program was launched at the 91制片厂 with gifts from David Evans Shaw 鈥�73, CEO of Black Point Group; John Shaw, CEO of Itaconix; and the Shaw family. The program will kick off at the start of the fall semester. ]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:30 -0500 Erika Mantz /unhtoday/2021/01/fellowship-will-offer-game-changing-opportunities /unhtoday/2021/01/passion-ideas Family, friends, colleagues create scholarship to memorialize entrepreneurial spirit of Ed Friedlander '88聽 ]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:00 -0500 Michelle Morrissey 鈥�97 /unhtoday/2021/01/passion-ideas /unhtoday/2020/09/shared-leadership-pays-dividends Leadership is a process, not a person, according to Michael聽Kukenberger, assistant professor of organizational behavior.聽聽 ]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:30 -0400 Micaela Bedell /unhtoday/2020/09/shared-leadership-pays-dividends /unhtoday/2020/05/grounds-giving-back As local health care workers put in long hours on today鈥檚 frontlines, they鈥檙e heartened by a welcome jolt: the delivery of cold brew coffee right to their hospital breakrooms. ]]> Tue, 12 May 2020 12:30 -0400 Ali Goldstein /unhtoday/2020/05/grounds-giving-back /unhtoday/2020/04/wealth-support Like many others, when the severity and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic began to sink in several weeks ago and businesses throughout New Hampshire and the country began to shut down or significantly alter their mode of operation, Michelline Dufort鈥檚 initial reaction was dread. ]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:15 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2020/04/wealth-support /unhtoday/2020/04/printing-protection 91制片厂's 3D printers are contributing to the COVID-19 effort by printing parts for medical face shields. Photo by Heather MacNeill. ]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:30 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2020/04/printing-protection