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Mischief After Dark ’23: Looking Back

October 31, 2023

Concerts, Events, Featured, Photo Gallery

On October 21st, WHUS had its annual Mischief After Dark concert, celebrating the spooky season with good music and fun costumes. We had the honor to jam out with Dreamer Isioma with CT band, Stattic as the op...

EP 014 – Cole Clark on running a company at 26 | The impact of genuine relationships

WHUS Staff

October 23, 2023

Business, Featured, Hillside Ventures, Podcasts, Talk

Cole Clark is the President of AmygdaLaunch, a part of Loeb.nyc a venture collective based in NYC. Cole is also a sports model for Wilhelmina with his background being a D1 track athlete at William and Mary wh...

EP 013 – Rich Vogel on starting Loeb.nyc | His philosophies on business

WHUS Staff

October 6, 2023

Business, Hillside Ventures, Podcasts, Talk

Rich Vogel is the COO and CFO of Loeb.nyc a venture collective based in NYC. As startup investors Rich and his business partner, Michael, have invested in many successful startups with Fetch Rewards being one ...

EP 012 – Noah Friedman on raising a fund at 28 years old | How execution is everything

WHUS Staff

September 14, 2023

Business, Hillside Ventures, Podcasts, Talk

Noah Friedman currently runs Top Shelf Ventures, an alcohol focused VC, and the Uncharted community, which brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and other influential people. He started his journey by meet...

Sounds of Summer ’23: Looking Back

WHUS Staff

September 13, 2023

Concerts, Events, Featured, Music, Photo Gallery

Last Thursday (09.07) was WHUS' first-ever Sounds of Summer Concert, our way of celebrating the local bands around us that bring students together and broaden our musical horizons. Bands, The Jawns, Solgyres, ...

EP 011 – Building an AI Startup as a Technical Founder

WHUS Staff

May 1, 2023

Entertainment, Podcasts, Talk, Technology

Today we talk with Keyur Shah, a UConn alum building an AI startup at Cornell Tech. Coming from a CS background, he went on to work at Amazon and being a part of the development of Alexa. He has now pivoted to...

EP 010 – From Engineering to VC

WHUS Staff

April 25, 2023

Entertainment, Health and Science, Podcasts, Public Affairs, Talk, Technology

Today we talk with Akira Dunham, an investor at Connecticut Innovations. Akira is a Hillside and UConn alumni with an engineering background. His interests and passions lie within helping underserved founders ...

EP 009 – Seasoned Venture Capitalist Making a Huge Difference Within Climate

WHUS Staff

April 17, 2023

Entertainment, Featured, Health and Science, Podcasts, Public Affairs, Talk, Technology

Today we talk with Cody Simms, a highly experienced venture capitalist within the sustainability space. Cody is a Partner at MCJ Collective and provides invaluable advice for venture capital and insights into ...

EP 008 – Student Athlete Venture Capitalist

WHUS Staff

April 1, 2023

Entertainment, Podcasts, Talk, Technology

Mason Kolean talks about his experiences of being on UConn's D1 Baseball team while working as a Managing Director at Hillside Ventures. We dive into his philosophy on priorities and taking advantage of opport...

An Interview with the President

WHUS Staff

March 9, 2023

Health and Science, Medical Minds Matter, Podcasts, Talk

Hosts Farnaz and Fanola sit down with Sumeet Kadian, UConn Medical Minds Matter chapter president and Medical Minds Matter national executive board member. They discuss imposter syndrome in the medical school ...

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