Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship

FSU student-entrepreneurs win awards for addressing real-world problems with innovative solutions

Published: March 14, 2019 | 12:57 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

InnoHealth Diagnostics won the Mark K. Scott Infinity Funds $10,000 First Place prize at the InNOLEvation® Challenge. From left to right: Wendy Plant, Angela Udongwo of InnoHealth, Elizabeth Scott (judge), Nkechi Emetuche of InnoHealth and Susan Fiorito. (FSU Photography Services)

A team of Florida State University student-entrepreneurs with an ambitious goal to virtually eradicate snail fever in a region of Nigeria won the grand prize of $10,000 in the annual InNOLEvation® Challenge Business Model Competition sponsored by the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship. The students’ business, InnoHealth Diagnostics, uses DNA amplification and other advanced technology […]

Women in a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars characters’ costumes reflect shift from power to romance

Published: February 27, 2019 | 3:33 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Princess Leia's slave costume from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi on display at the Star Wars and the Power of Costume traveling exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan. (Wikipedia)

Changes in costume in the female leads, Padmé and Leia, in Star Wars Episodes I through VI parallel shifts in the characters’ positions of power, a new study by Florida State University researchers suggests. These changes in costume and status seem to be linked to the progression of the characters’ romantic relationships and take focus […]

FSU’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship wins national award for excellence and innovation

Published: January 29, 2019 | 3:55 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

FSU Professor Susan Fiorito accepts the Model Emerging Program Award from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship won the award for its innovative approach to entrepreneurship learning.

Florida State University’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship has earned the top award in a national competition of entrepreneurship programs. Professor Susan Fiorito, the director of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, accepted the Model Emerging Program Award from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at the organization’s conference in St. […]

FSU entrepreneurship students win top awards in global competition

Published: November 16, 2018 | 4:42 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

FSU senior Hannah King competed against five other teams of student-entrepreneurs from around Florida and won the statewide competition. Now, she heads to the National Finals in Denver. Adam Serota, on King's right, took second place.

A Florida State University student has emerged as the winner of a statewide competition for student-entrepreneurs and will represent Florida at the national finals of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) next year. Senior Hannah King — owner of Woven Futures, a business that markets the unique craftsmanship of Guatemalan textile weavers — earned a […]

FSU opens new living-learning community for aspiring entrepreneurs

Published: August 24, 2018 | 11:40 am | Posted in: University News

Fostering an entrepreneurial spirit across campus is one of Florida State University’s top strategic goals. This fall, the university has taken its commitment to innovation one step further by offering a home for budding entrepreneurs with the opening of a new living-learning community. The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Learning Community (EILC) is designed to immerse first-year […]

FSU Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship holds first-ever camp for high school students

Published: July 23, 2018 | 3:17 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

The Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship hosted its first-ever camp for high school students in June.

Florida State University’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship hosted 38 local high school students for its first-ever entrepreneurship camp during the week of June 18-22. Students were exposed to many successful local entrepreneurs and concepts through experiential learning during the camp held on the FSU campus and at the new Jim Moran Building in downtown […]

FSU student business shines at state and local competitions

Published: May 23, 2018 | 3:50 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

DiaTech won the grand prize of $15,000 at a business competition in Leon County. From left to right: Pat Schneider (Florida Venture Forum), Nicholas Cooper (DiaTech), John Wilcox (DiaTech), Wendy Plant (Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship), Kevin Burgoyne (Florida Venture Forum)

Four Florida State University entrepreneurship students, who operate a biotechnology company focusing on diabetes care, won the grand prize of $15,000 at a competition hosted by the Leon County Research and Development Authority last week. DiaTech, created by Luis Blanco, Nicholas Cooper, JC Gray and John Wilcox, also earned second place at the 2018 Statewide […]

Gratitude and inspiration soar at FSU’s new Jim Moran Building

Published: May 1, 2018 | 5:05 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

President John Thrasher prepares to cut the ribbon celebrating FSU's new entrepreneurship-focused Jim Moran Building.

The optimistic, enthusiastic spirit of entrepreneur and philanthropist Jim Moran was alive and well at a ribbon cutting for Florida State University’s new entrepreneurship-focused Jim Moran Building, and so were his words. Moran famously once said, “The future belongs to those who prepare for it.” FSU is preparing an exciting new entrepreneurial future for students […]

FSU takes first place at MuniMod civic tech competition

Published: April 19, 2018 | 10:56 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Science & Technology, Students & Campus Life

MuniMod judges present $10,000 check to FSU student Molly Cloonan. (from left) Gwen Johns, Mount Dora City Clerk & President of the Florida Association of City Clerks; Mike Lester, NASA Technology Transfer Program Director; Mayor Gary Bruhn, Town of Windermere & President of the Florida League of Mayors; Molly Cloonan, Florida State University student; Commissioner Gil Ziffer, City of Tallahassee & President of the Florida League of Cities; Toni Bleiweiss, CGCIO, Lee County Clerk of Courts & President of the Florida Local Government Information Systems Association; and Jim Hanson, Retired Town Administrator, Orange Park, & President of the Florida City & County Management Association.

A Florida State University student team placed first in the MuniMod, Florida’s largest civic tech competition to date, by developing Social Safe, an app to reduce intimate partner violence. The hackathon-style event was hosted by the Florida League of Cities in collaboration with Domi Station April 7-8 in Orlando. Students were tasked with applying their […]

Hands-free wheelchair umbrella wins FSU InNOLEvation® Challenge

Published: March 2, 2018 | 5:46 pm | Posted in: University News

Members of the DriGo team: Jose Miranda (far left), Brianna Yeung (left center), Megan Simpson (center), Claire Kelly (right center), Susan Fiorito, Director, Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship (far right) BACK ROW: Mark Scott (far left), Hunter Wheeler (left center), Billy Courson (right center), Wendy Plant, Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship (far right)

A team of six student engineers, who brainstormed a hands-free umbrella for wheelchairs, won the grand prize of $10,000 in Florida State University’s annual InNOLEvation® Challenge sponsored by the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship. The students, all seniors at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, created an umbrella called DriGo that automatically deploys when a person […]

FSU, FAMU students team up to create designs, pitch ideas at InnoVenture Weekend

Published: February 27, 2018 | 4:40 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Science & Technology

Jessica Bachansingh and other members of her InnoVenture Weekend team begin to sketch out their ideas for what became Findr, the winning entry in the InnoVenture challenge.

Every day, a question is heard in households across the country. “Honey, where are the car keys?” Or maybe, “Have you seen my glasses?” Or perhaps the treacherous, “OK, what did you do with the remote?” Yes, people lose things. Can anything be done about it? That was just one of the problems pursued by […]

FSU researcher aims to better protect nation’s first responders

Published: February 15, 2018 | 2:25 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, News

Meredith McQuerry, an expert on protective clothing for firefighters, identified flaws in some high-tech firefighting suits, including less breathability. "When you combine intense, short bursts of physical activity with a hot, humid environment — it does not even have to be near a fire — and you add 50-100 pounds of gear, it's no wonder we see more cases of heat stroke."

Technology breakthroughs in clothing materials and design have benefited all of us, but perhaps none more so than first responders. Burn injuries among firefighters have plummeted in the past decade. There’s just one problem: cases of heat stroke, exhaustion and cardiac arrest deaths have spiked upward because protective gear is much more insulated. New research […]