What are entrepreneurial and creative endeavors?

Students learn to set their own course by having experiences in early stage start-ups, advancing ideas to solve real world problems, or create artistic, written or performance-based projects. 

DifferenceMakers By the Numbers

  • $5M
    raised by teams
  • 40
    companies formed by teams
  • 11
    Number of teams patents filed or issued

Meet the DifferenceMakers

Team Smart Azan holding the 2023 Jack M. Wilson First to Market Award.
Smart Azan
DifferenceMakers

App that keeps track and notifies Muslims when it is time to pray.

Smart Azan is an app that keeps track and notifies Muslims when it is time to pray.
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Dawson Durgin, team leader for Votecational, dressed in a shirt and tie, holding a microphone and looking at the (unseen) audience.
Votecational
DifferenceMakers

Votecational is a non-bias informational platform, which allows voters to receive crucial information regarding elections.

Votecational is a non-bias informational platform, which allows voters to receive crucial information regarding elections.
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NeuroLyze 2: Team NeuroLyze holding the 2023 Enterprise Bank Contribution to a Healthier Lifestyle Award.
NeuroLyze
DifferenceMakers

Taking preventive actions by alerting athletes when they possibly experienced trauma to the head.

Team NeuroLyze is developing a smart device that can be inserted into helmets to track the magnitude of impact and alert athletes to the need for medical attention.
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2 male students from the MetaLingual team holding an award and posing against a blue UMass Lowell backdrop.
MetaLingual
DifferenceMakers

Learn a new language via a virtual reality platform.

MetaLingual will help people learn a new language via a virtual reality platform.
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Operation250 is an online platform consisting of an educational website, engaging videos and a large social media presence, focused on educating both young adolescents, parents and educators on how to prevent radical extremist recruitment.
Operation250
DifferenceMakers

Operation250 is an online platform consisting of an educational website, engaging videos and a large social media presence, focused on educating both young adolescents, parents and educators on how to prevent radical extremist recruitment.

Operation250 aims to give students a better understanding about terrorism and online safety.
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