The three teams participating in the 2023-26 ASSETT innovation incubator were selected by a committee of A&S undergraduate students, faculty, and staff. The Incubator will support their projects while in the early stages of growth, providing key resources to participating teams, and guiding them through a design process grounded in self-reflection and empathy.
Give Us the Camera
The GUT-C (Give Us the Camera) is a mentoring initiative for underrepresented students in the media arts field that addresses inequality at the student level through community building, technical workshops, and professional development opportunities. Funding and human resource support from the Innovation Incubator enables GUT-C to develop its technical training, mutual aid, and mentorship model.
Team Members: Laura Conway (ART/ARTHIST), Michelle Ellsworth (THTR/DNC), Corey Koehler, Angelica Lawson, Charlie McCain (ALUM), Emilie Upczak
Developing Virtual Laboratories
The Developing Virtual Laboratories is developing virtual laboratories that simulate scientific experiments using interactive computer applications which will allow students to perform activities and actions that mimic working in a physical laboratory. Funding and human resource support from the Innovation Incubator enables this team to develop curriculum while employing student developers and testers to design and build the virtual labs.
Team Members: Kristin A. Moore (BIO), Jian Wei Tay (BIOFRONTIERS), Nishanth Narayan (MCDB), Kerrie MacMillan (ALUM)
Womenexus
The Womenexus team is creating a virtual community of women to help guide and support one another with their academic and career goals. Funding and human resource support from the Innovation Incubator enables this team to compensate recent alumna and student project manager roles, as well as to employ the student-run, Blueprint Boulder to develop their proposed app.
Team Members: Sage Dobby (ALUM), Sydney Kowlachuk (ALUM), Jihye Park (CHEM), Hannah Van Meveren (CHEM/NEURO)
