UW Entrepreneurship Ranked #1 in West Region
The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine ranked the University of Washington as the top college in the West for entrepreneurship in the 2023 undergraduate rankings.... Read More
Meet the 2022 Jones + Foster Accelerator Cohort
Judging the potential of an early-stage startup means you sometimes must go beyond the numbers alone. Are they dedicated to really solving a problem? Do... Read More
Washington Research Foundation pledges $1 million to Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business
Endowment will create WRF Student Innovation Fund to support University of Washington competitions focusing on the development of future entrepreneurs. SEATTLE, WA, USA, May 27,... Read More
Historic Finish to 25th Dempsey Startup Competition
The Dempsey Startup Competition celebrated its 25th anniversary with surprise announcements and $90,000 in seed funding awarded to twelve student-created startups (detailed below). Surrounded by... Read More
MS Entrepreneurship students flood Dempsey Startup Competition with viable ventures
Students in the Foster School’s Master of Science in Entrepreneurship Program are proving to be masters of the student entrepreneurship competition. Eight of the 36... Read More
Finalists Announced for 25th Dempsey Startup Competition
The 25th anniversary of the Dempsey Startup Competition is off to an impressive start. Students from 15 different colleges and universities from across the Pacific... Read More
Environmental Innovation Challenge Rewards Student Ventures
At the heart of innovation lies the desire to make something better than it currently is. The finalist teams in the 2022 Alaska Airlines Environmental... Read More
Finalists Announced for 2022 Environmental Innovation Challenge
For the first time in its history, the 2022 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC) final round will feature student teams from each state in... Read More
Connie Bourassa-Shaw: the Foster School’s “Catalyst of the Century”
While leading the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship for nearly two decades of its 30-year history, Connie Bourassa-Shaw became an essential nexus of the region’s thriving... Read More
Future Looks Bright at 2022 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge
Students impressed judges with risk-managing innovations at the 7th annual Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) hosted by the UW Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship.... Read More