The following stories highlight many of the Skandalaris Center’s recent ventures, contests and other news. For more personal accounts of our student and community innovators and their entrepreneurial development please see the Skandalaris Stories page.

WUSTL News: Skandalaris Center

• WUSTL honored as a "World Changer"
  October 3, 2010
  Read about how entrepreneurship programs have a ripple effect around the world
• Academic Venture Fund grant recipients announced

September 28, 2010
Read about collaborations between the Brookings Institution and WUSTL entrepreneurial faculty Chuck McManis, Patrick Crowley, and Jorge Contreras, and students Hannah Roth and Liane Hancock
• Washington University entrepreneurship programs rank in the top ten
  September 21, 2010
  Read about the top ten rankings of the undergraduate and graduate programs in entrepreneurship by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine survey of more than 2,000 schools.
• Annual entrepreneur competitions open for business
  September 10, 2010
  Read about the September 16, 2010 kickoff for the Olin Cup and YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competitions
• Wells Fargo gift supports entrepreneurial students
  August 10, 2010
  Read about a $500,000 gift to the Olin Business School to fund scholarships and internships for Washington University in St. Louis undergraduate business school students.
• St. Louis County and Edward Jones Award Winning Entrepreneurs
  June 12, 2010
  Read about the winners in the 2010 St Louis Regional Business Plan Competition, sponsored by the St. Louis County Economic Council in partnership with Edward Jones
• To maintain control, Washington U. scientists launched gene sequencing firm on the cheap
  May 28, 2010
  Read about the founders of Cofactor Genomics and their decision to forego venture capital financing and bootstrap their new venture.
• A new generation of philanthropists dominates contest for nonprofit ventures
  April 15, 2010
  Read about the winners for the 2010 YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition, including One Percent Foundation, St Louis Dancing Classrooms, Twice Blessed Resale Shop, City Greens Produce, and student award winner Crafts by Youth.
• Robert Wilson to share entrepreneurial expertise
  April 6, 2010
  Read about the appointment of Robert Wilson, partner at venture capital firm Ouranos Venture Partners, as the inaugural Wells Fargo Advisors Visiting Lecturer in Entrepreneurship.
• Why Virtual Nerd Declined a $70,000 Competition Prize
  March 23, 2010
  Read about Olin Cup winner Virtual Nerd and its founders’ decision to decline the seed funding they were awarded in the competition, in the New York Times “Be the Boss” blog.
• Medical Technology Dominates at the Olin Cup
  February 7, 2010
  Read about 2009 Olin Cup winner Adam Regelmann and the company he founded, Quartzy, in the New York Times “Be the Boss” blog.
• Olin Cup awards innovative ventures with $75,000
  February 5, 2010
  Read about the winners for the 2009 Olin Cup, Quartzy, IV Diagnostics, LangLearner, and student award winner Quad Connect.
• Social enterprise competition gets renewed funding; changes name
  September 2, 2009
  Read about how YouthBridge Community Foundation has extended its commitment to the YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition beyond its initial five-year commitment.