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DC Download: Education Innovation at AU and UMd and Super Bowl Apps Galore


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An AU alum makes the gym more bearable
  • American University alumna Rachel Koretsky hated waiting in line at the school gym. Now the startup she founded to combat the issues of college fitness centers is poised to take off in 2016.
The future of restaurants is here
  • For restaurants, ordering resupplies of food and drink is a hassle that often still involves paper and phone calls. But local startup BlueCart is hoping they can change that. Ryan Ferguson explains how they are helping the industry into the 21st century.
A startup village at UMd
  • A student at the University of Maryland decided he wanted his own “Silicon Valley”-style startup space, so he found a campus-owned house and has converted it into a place where student entrepreneurs can live, work and collaborate. Currently home to 6 innovators, Ali Follman looked at how Startup Village came to be.
2U is moving
The Super Bowl goes app happy
  • The Super Bowl is on Sunday and when you're not staring at the game on TV, there are plenty of apps to fill your time, as Chris Bing explains.

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