UMD sociology alum starts company teaching virtual cooking classes
By founding her own company — Fancy & Spicy — Brin Xu is able to provide interactive cooking classes and connect home chefs from around the world to anyone who wants to learn.
From tennis courts to beauty labs: UMD alum creates successful skincare company
Talent has four products: a cleanser, moisturizer, exfoliator and probiotic serum — all of which use vegan ingredients and are EWG and PETA certified.
UMD alum Tyler Denk on Forbes 30 Under 30 for $20M-valued newsletter platform
Tyler Denk co-founded beehiiv in 2021, an all-in-one platform for creating newsletters. He’s served clients like The Boston Globe, Overtime and Exec Sum.
UMD student turns interest in AI prompting into beginner course
Learning prompting, giving proper instructions, how to hack prompts and fine-tuning your prompts are among the topics covered in the course.
UMD alums bring rechargeable power bank business to Maryland sports games
The power banks are from JUUCE, a company founded by alums David Greenfield and Pouya Susanabadi.
UMD students win interactive case competition with web chatbot
The student team’s solution was to use artificial intelligence to help chatbots better detect user emotions and provide more accurate answers.
Global Entrepreneurship Week at UMD highlights importance of inclusivity, diversity
Hosted by the Dingman Center of Entrepreneurship, Global Entrepreneurship Week allowed student entrepreneurs at this university to learn from leaders in their fields.