Thank you Kim and Brian Rist '77, Manning School of Business, for supporting the DifferenceMaker Program with a generous contribution and the establishment of the Rist DifferenceMaker Institute.
DifferenceMakerTM is a campus-wide program that engages UMass Lowell students in creative problem solving, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Teams by the Numbers
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$10 M Raised By Teams
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43 Companies Formed By Teams
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16 Teams Patents Filed or Issued
Attend DifferenceMaker Demo Day
Are you interested in being a mentor or learning more about DifferenceMaker? Join Demo Day! 2024 teams completed the Summer Boot Camp where they developed their business model, discovered their customers, and furthered their ideas. They will present their new improved ideas at Demo Day!
- Date: July 9
- Time: 5-8 p.m.
- Location: Saab Emerging Technologies & Innovation Center, North Campus
Register to attend Demo Day today:
Check out the 2024 50K Idea Challenge Teams
Learn more about creative real-world solutions current DifferenceMaker teams are pursuing!
Check out the 2024 Award-winning teams:
Are you a DifferenceMaker?
Do you have an idea? Do you see a problem you want to solve? Do you want to make a difference in your community, or in the world? Do you want to join a team and work with other students? Sound like you?
Get involved with DifferenceMaker:
Real-Life DifferenceMakers
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Digital MediaA summer co-op job with the DifferenceMaker program gave Nick Jarek a wider lens on his future career.
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FinanceTom Stranberg rounded out his business degree with co-ops at the Boston Federal Reserve and Wayfair.