With a major in management and a minor in German, MIT senior Valeria Robayo is putting her own twist on the pre-med experience. She says she wants to pursue a medical career “where I’m serving people both inside and outside of the clinic.”
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Neha Halebleed’s proposal involves bringing the app Giving Streets, which allows users to scan a QR code to make direct donations to organizations, to the U.S. app store. (Photo courtesy of Neha Halebleed)
Growing up in Atlanta, Ga., Neha Halebleed remembers seeing people experiencing homelessness and wanting to find a way to help out, despite never carrying cash on her. As a rising college freshman, Halebleed developed a proposal for a cashless donation system, which she later submitted to the Reimagine Challenge 2020 last fall. Out of 838 submissions, Halebleed was one of the 20 winners.
While Halebleed now a sophomore majoring in communication and specializing in applied analytics and innovation has long wanted to help those experiencing homelessness, she said the pandemic made her idea for a cashless donation system even more necessary.
Uniting to save small businesses
First-year student’s small business investment app wins Schmidt Futures support
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First-year student Steven Wang launched UsTogether, a startup that provides an easy way for people to invest in the long-term financial health of the small businesses they care about. (Photo provided by Steven Wang)
Ninety-five percent of small businesses nationwide took a financial hit from COVID-19 in 2020, with 26 percent temporarily closing and 56 percent reducing operations, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve.
Many of those small businesses struggled to access financing from traditional lenders and have relied on community support to stay afloat. But individuals who want to support a business in their neighborhood often don’t know how to help beyond contributing to occasional, one-time fundraisers.
3 February 2021 Three UCL students have won the prestigious global Schmidt Futures competition for their innovative solutions to tackling the world’s most pressing challenges, including those posed by COVID-19.
Glenda Xu (UCL Medical School), Yvette Homerlein (UCL Arts & Humanities) and Lia Bote (UCL Division of Biosciences), are among 20 winners selected by the philanthropic initiative as part of its Reimagine Challenge 2020 competition.
Their projects focus on providing healthcare support for people in low- and middle-income countries during the pandemic, developing a platform to tackle misinformation in online media and creating resources to support foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong.
Reimagine Challenge sources the best proposals from college and university students around the world to help build a better future.