Holiday Gift Guide 2022
The 8th Annual Brandeis Innovation Showcase Was a Success
The annual Brandeis Innovation Showcase has become a much-anticipated event and serves to showcase the amazing ideas, accomplishments, and entrepreneurial initiatives of students, faculty, and staff in the Brandeis community. "This event was so inspiring and energizing," said Brandeis Associate Provost for Innovation, Rebecca Menapace. "The projects presented at the Showcase are a testament to the creativity and interdisciplinary mindset of our community."
At the 8th annual showcase, which took place on November 17, participants in Brandeis Innovation’s Spark, Sprout and I-Corps programs presented posters with a wide range of topics including biotech, sustainability, functional foods, consumer goods and high tech. Over one hundred attendees voted for their favorite projects with the top 3 prizes going to Missionable (a digital platform connecting mission driven institutions to donors using unique digital tokens), Tenant2Tenant (an off-campus housing resource for international students), and a novel water purification technology using nano-pourous reusable materials. Attendees were also able to learn more about Brandeis Innovation partners.
The holidays are almost here. More of us are shopping locally to support small businesses, reduce our carbon footprints, and make gift-giving meaningful. This year, several Brandeis innovators have products on the market that would make great gifts. So, we are pleased to present the Brandeis Innovation Holiday Gift Guide. Check out these gifts from Brandeis innovators!
Flora on the Menorah
From Fern Shamis, Program Coordinator, Brandeis Innovation
Flora on the Menorah is a fun holiday toy and story everyone will love. Flora isn't just any flower--she's a special visitor to kids during Hanukkah! When it's time to celebrate the traditions of this beloved Jewish Holiday, Flora visits children around the world to make sure they are helpful, kind, and understand the importance of honoring the history of Hanukkah.
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Zzzi Jewelry
From Aida Yuen Wong, Nathan Cummings and Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Chair in Fine Arts, and Professor of Fine Arts, and East Asian Studies
Zzzi Jewelry is a line of necklaces and earrings that bear original designs with Chinese calligraphy. Today's world is saturated with fast fashion and generic products marketed as luxury. Prof Wong makes each piece on demand. All her creations are designed with art historical knowledge and the goal of celebrating Asian cultures and AAPI communities. Proceeds partly go to causes against anti-Asian racism.
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Farmer Foodie Vegan Cheeze
From Alison Elliott, MBA/MA ‘22 (Heller)
Everything Cheeze is a vegan, gluten free, and soy free Cashew-Based Parmesan Alternative. Made with fair trade organic cashews and organic black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and turmeric powder, Everything Cheeze is a multi-use product that can be hydrated with hot water and mixed into a creamy Queso, Ricotta, or Mac & Cheeze sauce in 30 seconds.
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Waku beverage
From Juan Giraldo, Spark Program Lead
Waku is a healthy probiotic herbal tea made with plants grown on small farms with respect for the land, in service to the company’s mission of improving lives back home in Ecuador. Perfect for health-conscious guests and friends, this sugar-free, caffeine-free tea is available by the case.
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Apply to Spark
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Get funding, support and mentorship for your startup, social enterprise or creative project.
Open to current Brandeis students, faculty and staff.
Applications Due December 18, 2022, 11:59PM
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Do you have an idea for a business, social enterprise, app, or creative project? Participate this year in a unique extracurricular activity: the Spark program. Every year, the Brandeis Innovation Virtual Accelerator prepares Brandeis teams to create startups and social impact projects that have a strong chance of becoming successful.
Winning teams will be selected to participate in the spring semester accelerator program consisting of entrepreneurship education, pitch training and networking.
The program culminates with SparkTank, a Pitch/Demo Day in the spring where teams compete to receive up to $5,000 in seed funding. Spark offers aspiring change-makers at Brandeis the support they need to turn their vision into reality. Through Spark, Brandeis innovators will work on exploring the viability of their research and ideas while building the basis of what can come to be game-changing solutions.
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