Explorer Challenge Pitch Competition, April 9

The Office of Research and Innovation and the University Innovation Council will host the second annual Explorer Challenge 2.0 Pitch Competition, celebrating 10 years of the Explorer Challenge, on Thursday, April 9, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in AMU 163.

The event is open to all Marquette faculty, staff and students. Seventeen teams will each deliver five-minute pitches presenting innovative ideas to a panel of Innovation Council judges. Refreshments will be provided.

Projects to be presented include:

• SCALE: Social Determinants and Computational Analytics Using Large Datasets for Equity - Lisa Grabert and Dr. Kathryn Wagner

• Learning Together to Create Lasting Change: A Faculty-Student-Community Partnership for Refugee Inclusion - Rawan Atari-Khan

• Healthy Coaching for a Falls Free Wisconsin - Dr. Daniel Pinto

• Second Language Acquisition to Delay Cognitive Decline for Older Adults - Giordana Poggioli-Kaftan

• Budget Buddy: Financial Wellness App - Lily Kuypers

• Personalized BP Monitoring in Low-Resource Environment - James Vashiri

• Conflict Education and Resolution Initiative (CERI) - Zabrian Oglesby and Cameron Muir

• Ovalo: Continuous White Blood Cell Monitoring via AI-Powered Wearable - Masud Rabbani

• Discerning AI: An Interdisciplinary, Cross-Campus Community of Action - Michael Zimmer

• IPE Clinic Board Game - Jaimee Hills

• 24/7 Marquette Professor - David Baker

• Supporting Those Who Support Students: A Phased Vision for Holistic Advising - Nicolle Skoien and Erin O'Brien

• Recovery at Marquette: National Marquette Day - Redefining Celebration - Grace Alvarez

• Rainforest Rick Education Center - Jace Ocker and Rick Boyd

• SOZO - Andrew Barrera

• Kleczka Public Service Consulting Pilot - Sam Harshner

• Marquette School of Education x Milwaukee Public Schools: Urban Educators Pipeline and Partnerships Program - Melissa Gibson

Register here by Thursday, April 9.