Thank you Kim and Brian Rist '77, Manning School of Business, for supporting the DifferenceMaker Program with a generous contribution and the establishment of the Rist DifferenceMaker Institute.
DifferenceMakerTM is a campus-wide program that engages UMass Lowell students in creative problem solving, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Teams by the Numbers
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$10 M Raised By Teams
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43 Companies Formed By Teams
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16 Teams Patents Filed or Issued
Attend the Idea Challenge Finals
Join DifferenceMaker in supporting the 10 finalist student teams as they pitch their creative ideas at the Idea Challenge Finals!
- Date: April 10
- Time: 5-8:30 p.m.
- Location: University Crossing, Moloney Hall, Room 260
Register to attend the Idea Challenge Finals today:
Attend the Preliminary Pitch-off
Join DifferenceMaker at the Preliminary Pitch-off, where the Semi-Finalist teams will pitch their ideas for a chance to advance to the $50,000 Idea Challenge Finals!
- Date: April 3
- Time: 5-6 p.m.
- Location: O'Leary Library Mezzanine, South Campus
Register to attend the Preliminary Pitch-off today:
Are you a DifferenceMaker?
Do you have an idea? Do you see a problem you want to solve? Do you want to make a difference in your community, or in the world? Do you want to join a team and work with other students? Sound like you?
Get involved with DifferenceMaker:
Real-Life DifferenceMakers
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DifferenceMakers
Smart Escape’s mission is to lead people to safety during a fire evacuation.
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DifferenceMakers
DEXTER is aiming to help reduce the costs financially and environmentally to fruit farms by improving the efficiency of spraying pesticides on farms, and to helping to reduce the financial strain that comes with dumping the pesticides over their crops.