U of A Student Team Wins Third Place at the Stu Clark New Venture Championships: Graduate Edition
Horizon Health Solutions leadership team.
A graduate student-led team from the U of A won third place at the Stu Clark New Venture Championships in Manitoba, Canada. The prize money for third place in the business plan competition is $5,000.
Horizon Health Solutions is led by Amy Hopper, a U of A M.B.A. candidate; John Sherill, a Ph.D. and Post-doctoral Fellow at UAMS; Joshuah Walker, a U of A M.B.A. candidate; and Solomon Isu, a U of A chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate advised by professors Ranil Wickramasinghe and Xianghong Qian.
The Horizon Health team is mentored by faculty members Sarah Goforth and David Hinton. Horizon Health is commercializing innovative solutions for pharmacies, the first of which is a software-as-a-service called PriceView. The Stu Clark New Venture Championship (Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba) rewards an entrepreneurial mindset amongst competing student teams. Horizon Health Solutions has also been shortlisted among 42 global teams pitching at the Rice Business Plan Competition (Largest Intercollegiate Startup Competition).
Horizon Health Solutions is a competing finalist at the Heartland Challenge Startup Competition and the Arkansas Governor's Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition.
Topics
Contacts
Solomon Isu, graduate assistant
Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering
479-575-4969,
soisu@uark.edu
Sarah Goforth, executive director
Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
479-225-7185,
goforth@uark.edu
Headlines
Peter Ungar Chosen as Member of the National Academy of Sciences
A distinguished professor of anthropology and director of environmental dynamics, Ungar is the first U of A faculty member to be elected to the prestigious Academy.
Ag Technology Students Visit Greenway Equipment, Learn About Advances in Machinery
Members of the U of A's Agricultural Systems and Technology Club recently spent a day at the Greenway Technology Farm in Newport to learn about advances featured in John Deere tractors and machinery.
College of Education and Health Professions WE CARE Everywhere Campaign Kicks Off This Summer
Retractable scroll banners with the phrase "WE CARE Everywhere" are small enough to fit any suitcase and just waiting for your chance to shine in social media posts throughout the summer.
Staff Senators for 2024-25 Elected
Twelve newly elected staff members will begin serving the U of A staff community for three-year terms beginning July 1 on the university's Staff Senate.
Matlock Briefs Congressional Staff Regarding Crop Sustainability Research
Professor Marty Matlock briefed U.S. House of Representative and Senate staff members on research conducted by the U of A regarding the effects of management practices on crop sustainability.