Create your own path. Be the driver of your future career. Combine your passion for creativity or desire to create change with your work in the classroom. Inspire others with your creative work or solutions to real world problems.

What are entrepreneurial and creative endeavors?

Students learn to set their own course by having experiences in early stage start-ups, advancing ideas to solve real world problems, or create artistic, written or performance-based projects. 

DifferenceMakers By the Numbers

  • $5M
    raised by teams
  • 40
    companies formed by teams
  • 11
    Number of teams patents filed or issued

Meet the DifferenceMakers

Cameron Famiglietti sits at a table to register students for a UMass Lowell DifferenceMaker event.
Cameron Famiglietti '24
Marketing

Drawn to UML by the DifferenceMaker program, business major Cameron Famiglietti is now paid to help market it.

I'm so happy because I have learned so much and I've met so many new people.
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Buddies Without Borders '15
DifferenceMakers

Buddies Without Borders aims to bridge the gap between domestic students and international students.

We want to better connect international and domestic students on campus.
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Breezy is a real-time air quality-monitoring device, which can be tracked through its cell phone application or online website.
Breezy
DifferenceMakers

Breezy is a real-time air quality-monitoring device, which can be tracked through its cell phone application or online website.

DifferenceMaker has been a huge help to me in securing funding and furthering my idea!
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WordPro '16
DifferenceMakers

WordPro is a vocabulary builder aimed at high school students learning a second language.

We are excited to assist high school students in learning a second language.
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Low Income Community Homework Center '15
DifferenceMakers

Low Income Community Homework Center plans to improve test scores and the graduation rate of high school students.

We grew up in Lawrence and know the hardships. We want to make a difference to those struggling high school students.
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