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Students Vie for Annual Shark Tank Awards

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500

The startup pitching competition, modeled on the popular ABC show Shark Tank, awarded $4,500 in prizes.

Veteran Journalist Returns to Alma Mater

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 04:00:00 -0400

Adam Nagourney '77 delivered a fascinating talk as part of the Durst Lecture Series.

The 2023 Startup Competition Awards $5,000 in Prizes

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0500

The Economics Program's Shark Tank-style event invites entrepreneurs to judge the inventive ideas of students from all majors.

Economics Network Event Connects Students and Alumni

Fri, 05 May 2023 04:00:00 -0400

The event also celebrated Professor of Economics Sanford Ikeda, who's retiring at the end of this year.

Annual Shark Tank Competition Awards $5000 Grand Prize

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0500

The team behind Purchase Beauty Bar—Chumba Kiplagat '23, Una Bharat '23, and Norie Guerra '23—would bring an affordable salon to campus.

Journalist AJ Jordan ’15: Best Financial Decision Was Attending Purchase

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0400

Jordan writes for the Business Insider website.

Aya Keefe ’07 Named Manhattan’s Deputy Borough President

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0500

She's on the senior staff team for Manhattan's Borough President Mark Levine.

The Purchase Shark Tank-Style Competition Awards Entrepreneurs

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0500

The top prize went to Shannon Dawson for a social media app for creatives.

Adam Nagourney ’77 Captures Historical Importance of Supreme Court Ruling

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0400

The author and political reporter for The New York Times co-authored a piece for the paper on the occasion of the landmark Supreme Court ruling on LBGTQ rights.

Sophomores Andres Hernandez- Rodriguez and Brian Farez Win StartUp Purchase

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0500

They'll receive $5,000 for finishing first in the Third Annual Startup Pitching Competition.

Economics Club Prepares Students for Future Careers

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0400

Entrepreneur Magatte Wade Visits Purchase College

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0400

Owner of SkinIsSkin gave a lecture on the Moral Impact of Entrepreneurship

Purchase “Shark Tank” Awards $7,000 to Students’ Startups

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Grand prize winners hope to decrease global food waste and overuse of resources.

Students Attend National STEM Conference

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Eleven students explore opportunities in STEM research.

Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith Visited Purchase

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 04:00:00 -0400

Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith visited Purchase on October 10 to give a lecture titled "On Proving Yourself Wrong: Learning from 'Failed' Experiments."

Adan Cid-Gonzalez ’18 Economics

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Adan Cid-Gonzalez '18 has been accepted as a Teaching Assistant at John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, summer program at the University of Hong Kong, full expenses paid with a stipend!

Senior Wins First Annual Startup Pitching Competition

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 05:00:00 -0500

Contest was culmination of the economics class Entrepreneurship and Finance: Turning Ideas Into Startups.

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 05:00:00 -0500

Nine students explore opportunities in STEM research.

Madeleine Wykstra ’12

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:00:00 -0500

Taking action on major geopolitical issues

Professor Liya Palagashvili Named Forbes 30 Under 30

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 05:00:00 -0500

Liya Palagashvili, assistant professor of economics, was named to the 2016 Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 List for Law and Policy.