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Past Event
Northwestern Entrepreneurship Summer Opportunities Info Session
The Garage
5:30 PM
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The Garage, Henry Crown Sports Pavilion
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Join us at The Garage for this in-person session to hear from units across the University that offer summer opportunities for students interested in an entrepreneurial summer internship or program.
Programs Covered will Include:
InQbation Lab Summer Scholars Program (Undergraduate Students)
Kellogg Early-stage Internship Program (KEIP) Stipends (Kellogg Students)
Kellogg Heizer Growth Internship Stipends (Kellogg Students)
Kellogg Summer Startup Stipends (Kellogg Students)
Kellogg Social Impact Summer Internship Funding (Kellogg Students)
The Garage's Summer Startup Internship Program (Undergraduate Students)
The Garage's Jumpstart Program (Undergraduate & Graduate Students)
Time
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location
The Garage, Henry Crown Sports Pavilion Map
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The Garage
Innovating Wearable Tech with Dr. Andrew Ouderkirk - Meta Wearables
Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
6:15 PM
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ITW 1.350, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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Join the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation's Consulting for Wearable Tech class on Wednesday, April 22nd to hear from Dr. Andrew Ouderkirk. Pizza to be served after the talk.
Dr. Andrew Ouderkirk is the co-founder of IO Innovation, LLC, where he advises organizations on the "Leap" methodology—a structured framework for navigating complex technology landscapes and turning breakthrough science into practical innovations. Previously, he served as Senior Research Director at Meta Reality Labs, spearheading advanced optical architectures like VR pancake lenses for the metaverse. Earlier in his career, as a Corporate Scientist at 3M, Ouderkirk invented and scaled the Multilayer Optical Film (MOF) platform, a technology widely hailed as one of the display industry's most profitable inventions—generating billions in revenue and powering modern consumer electronics everywhere.
Among his standout achievements, Ouderkirk is an inventor on over 550 issued U.S. patents with more than 23,000 citations, earned the ACS Award for Creative Invention and Fast Company’s "Fast 50" recognition, and served on the boards of Singapore's National Research Foundation and USC’s Center for Global Innovation. He brings a rigorous, first-principles approach to identifying, developing, and applying transformative technologies. Ouderkirk earned his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Northwestern University.
Time
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Location
ITW 1.350, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
VentureCat 2026 Public Showcase
The Garage
6:00 PM
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White Auditorium, Kellogg Global Hub
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VentureCat is Northwestern's annual student startup competition.
The program culminates in a pitch competition in which a prize pool of $175K+ in non-dilutive prize money is distributed to student ventures.
Join us on Wednesday, May 27 at 6 PM CT for the Public Showcase where we will feature the six finalist teams and their pitches. You will get the chance to vote to award our audience favorite prize, and we will announce our finals prize winners–including the grand prize of $100,000.
Our semifinalist teams will span five tracks - Business Products & Services; Consumer Products & Services; Energy & Sustainability; Life Sciences & Medical Innovation; and Social Impact.
Time
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
White Auditorium, Kellogg Global Hub Map
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The Garage