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The University of Rochester has been selected to participate in an on-campus <\/span>Hult Prize Challenge<\/b><\/span><\/a> quarterfinal competition!\u00a0 The Hult Prize is a business start-up competition and the largest international social impact competition in the world.\u00a0<\/span>Offered in partnership with former US President Bill Clinton, i<\/span><\/span>t is now being\u00a0<\/span>called the \u201cNobel Prize for students\u201d\u00a0 and e<\/span><\/span>very year The Hult Prize hosts\u00a0<\/span>thousands of college and university students (from 150+ countries) <\/span><\/span>in search of the next game-changing start-up.<\/span> <\/b>The winning team will move on to the regional finals in March 2017 and compete for the top prize of $1 Million seed money to implement their winning start-up idea.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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This year\u2019s theme is \u201c<\/span>Reawakening Human Potential \u2013 The Refugee Opportunity<\/b><\/span>\u201d, building sustainable, start-up enterprises, and restoring the rights and dignity of 10 million refugees by 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Requirement of 3-4 University of Rochester team members undergraduate\/graduate\/PHD OPTIONAL: one alumni per team.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Online team registration can be found here.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Additional information on the Hult Prize can be found here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Check our the U of R Hult Prize Facebook page here.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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