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Zachary Suh, a marketing major in the Costello College of Business and member of the Honors College at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, founded HomePlate,a meal service for seniors, in his sophomore year.

When students step into AVT 496 Intro to VR for the Artist, they’re not just walking into another studio course—they’re entering entirely new worlds of their own making. Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s School of Art launched the course this spring, marking its first-ever deep dive into virtual reality (VR) as an artistic medium. 

At Â鶹ÊÓƵ, innovation isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a culture. One of the campus spaces championing this culture is the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Innovation Exchange (MIX), a hub where creativity and entrepreneurship intersect.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Innovation Exchange (MIX) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ is more than a makerspace—it’s a resource for transforming how faculty teach, explore, and conduct research.

Fatima Majid was not just the only one-person team in the top 10 award winners at a recent National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) cyber competition, she was the only student team. Yet she placed ninth out of 51 teams, most of them comprising working professionals.

With the opening of the new Visualization and Virtual Reality Lab in Research Hall, George Â鶹ÊÓƵ has the opportunity to be part of this global movement and to be a leader in transdisciplinary research.

From the fabrication floor to the incubator’s loft, the MIX demonstrates how principles of entrepreneurship and innovation aren’t so easily siloed with two new courses: BLIMP and Student Innovator Mastermind.

As Virginia’s largest research university, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is an economic driver in the region and the state. Read how the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Nation is making a difference in the workforce.

Thirty students, from first-years to PhDs in a variety of majors, participated in the MIX's eight-week Unmanned Aerial Systems Prototyping course this fall.

Faculty and staff from the College of Engineering and Computing and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Innovation Exchange (MIX) hosted a toy-building event for Innovation Week that promotes engineering activities for a good cause.