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UB students: Register for the Climate Communication Innovation Sprint!

Registration deadline: Fri., Jan. 24, 2025

Final competition: Feb. 7, 2025 | 1 to 4 p.m. | Win up to $500 in prize pool earnings

Register for the Innovation Sprint
Promotional image for the Climate Communication Innovation sprint, kicking off on Jan. 7 on Zoom.

Figuring out how to make communities more resilient to climate change is one of the world's biggest problems. Do you have solutions? Then join the OGHI, UB CoLab and the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for the competition "Climate CommunicAtIon." You'll form teams with other students to come up with ideas to pitch to an expert panel of judges during the final on Feb. 7, and compete for prizes ($$). Use your break to set yourself apart from your peers, and sign up for the Innovation Sprint today! Open to all UB students. If you have questions or missed the kick-off event, email Jennifer Foster. 

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