Startups
An impromptu jam session might just be a musician’s breakthrough moment. JamCorder ensures they never have to worry about recording it.
Barry Slotnick ’93, ’00 MBA knew about the fitness benefits of slide boards — smooth, low-friction devices designed to facilitate low-impact lateral movement exercises and mimic speed skating technique. Looking for an indoor activity to maintain his lower body strength in the winter, Slotnick built a slide board in his off-campus apartment in the fall of his senior year — and UltraSlide was born.
Created by Northwestern engineering professor Nick Marchuk ’10 MS and David Meyer ’12 MS, ’15 PhD, nLab is a credit card–sized device that turns your laptop into an electronics lab and gives students a chance to practice hands-on circuit-building.
Procurement management is essential for small businesses — but it’s also tedious and time-consuming work. Now there’s a virtual employee to help with that.
Wanting to improve the aviation industry’s diversity and accessibility, Melinda Holmes Ellwanger teamed up with her husband and son to launch Lima Flight, a mobile app that helps aspiring pilots find a flight instructor or flight school that fits their needs.
Northwestern computer scientist and artificial intelligence pioneer Kris Hammond has dedicated his career to studying and developing AI tools. He approaches AI with cautious optimism that it can be our partner — not replacement — in a new information age.
The Northwestern Alumni Association bestows its greatest honor, the Alumni Medal, on four alumni for their professional achievement and service to the University.
Roughly 2,400 children in the United States are injured by electric shocks from wall outlets each year, and tripping over electrical cords is another hazard, especially for older adults. To help eliminate these risks, Chirag Goel ’21 and his team at Tego created a magnetic wall outlet that can help prevent injuries and hazards while improving wall outlet accessibility.
Gannon Schram, an economics major at Northwestern, and his friend Shrikar Lekkala co-founded MetaFrazo, a video-dubbing service that uses artificial intelligence to translate educational videos with both voice and lip synchronization.
Through Kellogg’s Levy Inspiration Grant Program, young entrepreneurs conduct firsthand research abroad to investigate potential business ideas. Students have traveled to Guyana, Switzerland, Vietnam, Japan and Australia to look into innovations in rum production, dairy farming, last-mile delivery services, mental health treatments using psilocybin, and putting insects on the menu at restaurants.
