Samuel O’Brient

  • Simon Fraser University Student Decodes Honeybee Health From Bee Buzz

    Simon Fraser University Student Decodes Honeybee Health From Bee Buzz

    Ever wonder what honeybees are saying to each other as they buzz busily around their hive? You won’t have to wonder for long. Oldooz Pooynfar, a graduate student at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia, Canada, has devised a new technology that aims to find out exactly what the honeybees are communicating to each… Read More

  • Dartmouth College Student Introduces Campus Green2Go Food Takeout Program to Help Sustainability

    Dartmouth College Student Introduces Campus Green2Go Food Takeout Program to Help Sustainability

    Takeout meals are becoming increasingly popular and more common in college campuses where students rush from one class to the next with just minutes to eat in between. Even when their long days are over, many students find themselves eating in their dorms or on their campus quads. At Dartmouth College, Madison Sabol, a rising… Read More

  • University of Virginia Public Benefit Company Makes Splash with Water Purification Technology

    University of Virginia Public Benefit Company Makes Splash with Water Purification Technology

    There has never been better a better time for advances in the area of water purification. As the crisis involving safe and drinkable water throughout many third world countries continues to prove problematic, many countries across the developed world are working to create innovative and new ways of solving this problem in as sustainable a… Read More

  • UCLA Campus Research Commercialization Boon to City Economy

    UCLA Campus Research Commercialization Boon to City Economy

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), one of the best known universities in the country, has long been noted for record-setting athletics and renowned academic programs. In recent times, though, the university has earned gained even more impressive credentials due to its campus research. The research conducted on UCLA’s campus is nothing new; it has… Read More

  • Baylor University Business Students Launch Candle Company

    Baylor University Business Students Launch Candle Company

    When college fraternities make the news, it isn’t usually for reasons involving entrepreneurship and innovation. What’s even more rare is fraternity brothers receiving national media spotlight for reasons involving handmade candles. That’s exactly what’s happening on the Baylor University campus in Waco, Texas, though. Last December, the Kappa Sigma fraternity house played host to an… Read More

  • Resource for Recruiters: How to Attract College Students with Your Ad

    Resource for Recruiters: How to Attract College Students with Your Ad

    I’ve written many articles aimed at my fellow millennials on the subject of recruitment, specifically within the job and internship market. If you’re a current college student, though, this might be a good time to stop reading. In this article, I will be speaking to a slightly different crowd — those aiming to recruit us.… Read More

  • Georgetown Course on ‘Launching the Venture’ Launches New Student Authors

    Georgetown Course on ‘Launching the Venture’ Launches New Student Authors

    The business world is changing, as more and more college students seem to be steering themselves away from the world of big corporations and big business and opting to start their own business. This entrepreneurial mindset is spreading like wildfire, fueling creative visions and helping create employment opportunities across the country. The term ‘startup’ has… Read More

  • Sustainability Week at Ithaca College

    Sustainability Week at Ithaca College

    These days, sustainability has become one the most popular terms in the professional world, spanning many different industries. There has never been a more appropriate time for great minds to create new ways of taking care of our planet and help us live as green a lifestyle as possible. This mindset has spread to colleges… Read More

  • Bowdoin College Attempts to Challenge Red/Blue News Divide

    Bowdoin College Attempts to Challenge Red/Blue News Divide

    The current political climate has led to new levels of public scrutiny of many things. The media itself has become the news topic. Most people seem to have a news source or two that they trust, but just as many that they don’t. While the term “fake news” has been on everyone’s lips, people can’t… Read More

  • USC Students Help Solve California’s Water Crisis

    USC Students Help Solve California’s Water Crisis

    California, hailed for so long as the “Promised Land,” may be seeing a new kind of promise. The state has been suffering from severe water drought the past few years; the water crisis was so serious that Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a mandatory cut of 25 percent in water usage by cities and local agencies… Read More

  • Beyond the Board Scores: 10 Colleges That Don’t Require SAT and ACT Tests

    Beyond the Board Scores: 10 Colleges That Don’t Require SAT and ACT Tests

    Every year, thousands and thousands of high school seniors squeeze into small, tightly packed classrooms just as the sun is coming up. These tired, nervous students are there for something that almost every student dreads; they are there to take the SAT or ACT. These standardized tests have long been a pinnacle of the American… Read More

  • UMass Amherst Launches Venture Fund for Start-Ups

    UMass Amherst Launches Venture Fund for Start-Ups

    Our modern age of innovation and entrepreneurship has seen many success stories in the U.S., in no small part thanks to college students. More and more students are launching companies from their dorm rooms every year, while recent graduates use the lessons they learned during their undergraduate years to do the same. Colleges themselves are… Read More

  • UConn Student Makes a Splash in the Startup World

    UConn Student Makes a Splash in the Startup World

    There can be no doubt that we have entered the age of startups. Each year sees more and more entrepreneurial-minded millennials striking out on their own in hopes of building their own company. Startups such as Airbnb and Uber have completely redefined their industries, helped create many new jobs, and even led to the creation… Read More

  • Tires Made From Trees – UMN’s Green Breakthrough!

    Tires Made From Trees – UMN’s Green Breakthrough!

    Research teams at universities across the country are working day and night to help our planet in any way that they can. A team from the University of Minnesota may have just stumbled upon a breakthrough, though. This team has engineered a way to create automotive tires from trees and grass. Such a breakthrough could… Read More

  • The Future of 100% Renewable Energy Will Happen Sooner Than You Think on College Campuses

    The Future of 100% Renewable Energy Will Happen Sooner Than You Think on College Campuses

    It may not be easy being green, but many colleges and universities across the country are certainly making a significant effort to try. The past few years in particular have seen many changes regarding energy and resources being made around the country, in both private homes and businesses. Some colleges have opted to join the… Read More

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