Siera Fountain named as one of “100 People to Meet in 2024: Go-Getters” by Virginia Business
An artist and designer who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in art from VCU and was an intern at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Siera Fountain is now back in Richmond as a product innovation graduate student at VCU’s da Vinci Center for Innovation. This year, in addition to winning a $3,500 first-place award […]
Class of 2023: How a date that ended badly led Jack Oppenheim to a business venture and, ultimately, VCU’s da Vinci Center
Master of Product Innovation student is taking Tow Ninja to new markets. Call it a goodnight kiss-off. Jack Oppenheim’s car was towed during a date. It’s fair to say he rebounded quickly. Then a junior at James Madison University, majoring in history, Oppenheimer found inspiration in the moment and started Tow Ninja, a company that eases […]
da Vinci Center for Innovation worked with Henrico County Public Schools to give students the opportunity to explore career paths in business and STEM
Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS) is providing new educational centers in two middle schools for students to explore careers in business, as well as science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). On Nov. 13, HCPS announced it will be implementing a new program called the Centers for Innovation at John Rolfe Middle School and Quioccasin Middle […]
“A Successful SHIFT.” Shift Retail Lab featured in Richmond Magazine.
From School to SKU, “Making its debut in 2021, Shift Retail Lab operates as an incubator for students and entrepreneurial community members to test ideas. A playground for product potential, it provides a physical space for thinkers to immerse themselves in the commercial journey.” Read the full feature here >>
PROTOTYPING THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: SHIFT RETAIL LAB ACCEPTS FAST COMPANY INNOVATION BY DESIGN AWARD
“’We’re prototyping the future of higher education.’ That is how Lloyd Young, director of innovation and design at VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation, describes what she and her colleagues do every day at the Shift Retail Lab. Their work is turning heads, not just in Richmond, but nationwide. Shift was named the winner of the Learning […]
More than 50 universities are partnering with Podium Education to create a ‘Global Tech Experience’—a way for students across disciplines to uniquely gain tech skills
da Vinci Center is proud to say that we are among the 50 plus universities pioneering the future of the classroom with Podium. “This summer, Podium piloted the program for over a thousand students. At Virginia Commonwealth University, the school planned to include a dozen students. But, according to Garret Westlake, associate vice provost for innovation […]