There is a growing demand for game developers in the Silicon Bayou and beyond, which is why the Department of Computer Science at the University of New Orleans (UNO) has announced the addition of a game development concentration. The university curriculum committee has already approved the concentration. “The pervasiveness of computer gaming on personal computers, [...]
New Orleans is experiencing a resurgence of entrepreneurship, or a “third wave.” Through over 55 events highlighting 51 entrepreneurs, the Idea Village’s Entrepreneur Week showed the world this city can be a global leader when it comes companies who are solving big problems. The annual Coulter IDEApitch, created by Jim Coulter during New Orleans Entrepreneur [...]
Today, the dedication ceremony for the Donna and Paul Flower Hall for Research and Innovation at Tulane University will begin at 3:30 pm. Tulane has designed this four-story campus addition, which replaces the out-of-date Francis Taylor Laboratory, to be a center for scientific research and entrepreneurial activity. The dedication comes just in time, as the university, in addition to [...]
Ring Publications is the newest addition to the Louisiana Technology Park. The company was founded in 2010 as a small press publisher and has grown into a software development and online marketing company with the main goal of providing educational material to clients. During Ring Publications’ time in Baton Rouge, they will developing the core educational product [...]
Many cities have action-packed, weekend long educational programs to promote an entrepreneurial ecosystem and hopefully build startups, but few continually take place at universities around the world. 3 Day Startup, 3DS for short, is a program designed to be fully hands-on, bringing in top investors and entrepreneurs, with an aim to start tech companies over [...]
Founded just last year, Baton Rouge-based college startup Big Fish Presentations is already making a splash. The 11 person team, over half of them students at LSU, take the typical boring presentation and turn it into something interesting and beautiful to catch everyone’s attention. They design artfully crafted slideshows for companies like Blue Cross and [...]
Tulane and the A.B. Freeman School of Business have long graduated many successful students and entrepreneurs. On Friday, September 28th, the 33rd Annual Tulane Business Forum, Scoring Big, Building on Business Victories, will be held to recognize, celebrate, and promote further accomplishments from alumni and non-alumni throughout the region. The Tulane Association of Business Alumni, [...]
Education is a touchy subject. Most of us seem to agree that as a society, we’re doing it wrong. Let’s look at public education from a monetary perspective, with a few facts from the National Center for Education Statistics: From school year 1988–89 through 2008–09, total elementary and secondary public school revenues increased from $350 [...]
The Animation and Visual Effects program at Louisiana State University’s Shreveport location recently received funding to launch the Digital Media Certificate program. The year-long intensive program gives students training and rapid access to digital media careers through the 35 hour a week courses. The program includes intensive classroom study, guided lab time and is project [...]
Established in 2002 by Bulldog Entrepreneurs, TOP DAWG is an annual event encouraging innovation among students at Louisiana Tech University. Last week, a total of $14,500 in cash and prizes was awarded during the New Venture Championship. Teams of students competed in TOP DAWG’s Idea Pitch competition last October. The top 12 teams earned a [...]
