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== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:large;"><span class="s1">Promoting student innovation Student Innovation and entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship</span></span>'''</span> ==
<span stylefont face="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span stylesize="font-size:medium;3">There are a robust set of programs myriad efforts to grow innovation and activities that revolve around entrepreneurshipon campus. Idea pitches are often regarded as As a good stepping stone for students who want to get their feet wet. The cash prizes for result of the best performing ideas are just enough to get most teams into a prototyping phase. There are also a few wellworld-respected courses in innovation wide shift towards experiential and creativity that can further a student'</span><span style="fonthands-size: medium;">s education during a semester. There are on learning, Binghamton has also various events that reward innovative thinking around campus including several hackathons and a 3d printing labincreased their efforts in this regard.</span></spanfont>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">While not all courses focus on entrepreneurship specifically, there are many courses that emphasize hands-on learning, through various labs, management, and engineering courses. The growing presence in leadership courses pushes students to seek resources and understand the importance of proactivity and how collaboration is key in '''creation and advancement'''</font>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">On campus, there are programs like ''Bones, Bugs, and Forensic Science; Doing Business in Emerging Markets; and Solid Mechanics''. These courses, in their respective fields, seek to bring students to the field and expose them to the union of academia and the real world.</font>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">In the area of innovation and entrepreneurship, more specific and focused efforts have been made. Binghamton has recently introduced the '''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/econdev/startupsuite.html Start-Up Suite]''', '''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/entrepreneurship/binnovativeincubator.html B-Innovative]''', and partnerships with the '''[https://southerntierincubator.com/ Southern Tier Incubator]'''. These programs seek to invigorate students and provide resources and assistance for various ventures.</font>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Despite the introduction and presence of resources on campus, many students do not take part in them; this is probably the result of poor advertising and lack of easy ways to find such resources. Our websites and campus resources do not highlight the programs and opportunities that campus and the surrounding area has to offer. </font>
== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:large;">Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span>'''</span> ==