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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Helping Hand Project

Founded by a Tar Heel in 2015, the Helping Hand Project uses 3D printing to make free prosthetic devices for children and adolescents born without fingers. Student designers and builders create and assemble the prosthetic hands for specific children.

The Latest

  • Bernard Bell

    How to think like an entrepreneur

    After a successful career as an entrepreneur in television and digital media, Carolina alumnus and teacher Bernard Bell is sharing his tips for learning to think like Steve Jobs.

  • Riana Lynn speaks.

    Three food tech start-ups, no stopping for Carolina alumna

    Since graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2008, Riana Lynn has founded three startups and managed high-profile projects at the White House.

  • Amrutha Nandam

    Special Needs Special People: Amrutha Nandam

    Amrutha Nandam was bullied in elementary and middle school for the way she walks and talks. As a Tar Heel, she founded the organization Special Needs Special People to foster what she didn’t have growing up: awareness and peer support.