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UH, Rice are top schools for entrepreneurship. Can Houston follow?

Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine on Tuesday selected the University of Houston as the No. 1 undergraduate school for entrepreneurship studies and Rice University as the No. 1 school for graduate programs, marking the first time both schools have received the top spot and the only time a region other than Boston has taken No. 1 in both categories.

November 12, 2019 | Houston Chronicle

 

Top 50 Entrepreneurship: Ugrad

Our best undergraduate entrepreneurship programs list is based on institutional survey data, including academic offerings, experiential learning opportunities, and career outcomes, among other factors.

November 12, 2019 | The Princeton Review

 

Two Houston universities rank No. 1 in country for entrepreneurship programs

The Princeton Review bumped UH’s Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship one place up from last year’s rankings, dethroning the University of Michigan for best undergraduate entrepreneurship program.

November 12, 2019 | Houston Business Journal

 

2 Houston universities top list for best graduate, undergraduate entrepreneurship programs

The University of Houston's Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship within the C. T. Bauer College of Business claimed the top spot on the 2020 Princeton Review's top 15 programs for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies. Meanwhile, Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business claimed the top spot on the graduate schools list.

November 12, 2019 | InnovationMap

 

PolarPanel Team Masters Business Plan for NASA’s Solar Refrigeration Technology

Solar-powered refrigeration has been a winner at business plan competitions across the country, driven by a team from the University of Houston and the business plan the team created to commercialize a technology developed by NASA.

The PolarPanel team competed in nine competitions, winning five and taking home more than $45,000 in cash prizes, money that they will use to fund building the third-generation prototype and testing.

The business plan project is part of the curriculum at the nationally ranked Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the C. T. Bauer College of Business and pairs teams of students with technologies that may be ripe for commercialization.

June 2018 | UH Energy Newsletter

 

UH Startups to Present New Tech at Seventh Annual Bayou Startup Showcase

Students from Bauer College and across the University of Houston are pitching their startup ideas on Aug. 6 to Houston’s tech entrepreneurship community at the seventh annual Bayou Startup Showcase.

Posted on 4 August 2020 | 8:37 am

 

A Special Proclamation

Houston has set its sights on being recognized as one of the world’s top cities for innovation, and on Tuesday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed “Bauer College of Business Day” in recognition of Bauer’s entrepreneurship programs, including the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center fo

Posted on 4 March 2020 | 8:41 am

 

Seen & Heard: Wolff Center #1 Entrepreneurship Ranking Celebration

The C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston announced that The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur have ranked the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship as No. 1 on the 2020 list of Top 50 Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurship.

Posted on 12 November 2019 | 3:19 pm

 

UH Wolff Center Tops in Nation for Entrepreneurship Education

The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship within the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston has been named the No. 1 program in the United States for developing undergraduates to become entrepreneurs.

Posted on 12 November 2019 | 7:36 am

 

Gaming the Industry

A Bauer College entrepreneurship student has a novel approach to helping patients with spinal damage retain mobility ― video games.

Posted on 5 August 2019 | 12:15 pm

 

UH Startups to Present New Tech at Sixth Annual Bayou Startup Showcase

Students from Bauer College and across the University of Houston are pitching their startup ideas on Aug. 1 to Houston’s tech entrepreneurship community at the sixth annual Bayou Startup Showcase.

Posted on 25 July 2019 | 9:02 am

 

Bauer Student Earns Scholarship From Texas Business Hall of Fame

Bauer College senior Joshua Mapula has earned a $15,000 scholarship from the Texas Business Hall of Fame, which awards one scholarship per university each year to students from participating Texas universities.

Posted on 24 July 2019 | 9:13 am

 

UH Receives Entrepreneurial University Award

The University of Houston has received the 2019 Entrepreneurial University Award from the Deshpande Foundation. The award, announced Tuesday evening, recognizes work by the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the C.T. Bauer College of Business.

Posted on 12 June 2019 | 8:41 am

 

Raymond N. Plank Foundation Fund Establishes Entrepreneurship Scholarship at Bauer College 

A life-changing gift destined to help fuel the success of University of Houston C. T. Bauer College of Business entrepreneurship students was recently established and presented for the first time.

Posted on 7 June 2019 | 9:23 am

 

From Zero to Start-Up In 18 Months

This spring, Bauer College’s Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship (WCE) celebrated a graduating class that represented 10 different nationalities of students who each launched a start-up from scratch during their time in the program.

Posted on 22 May 2019 | 9:37 am

 

Houston Cougars compete at “Wolffest” entrpreneur restaurant competition

HOUSTON - University of Houston students are putting their business skills to the test during a three day cooking competition.

Posted on 5 April 2017 | CW39

 

Innovation Center at UH Energy Research Park

A new Innovation Center at the University of Houston Energy Research Park is offering students, staff and alumni a space to start their business.