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2023 DKU InE Summer Program: Design Thinking and Social Entrepreneurship

Design thinking is the core methodology of this program that has been recognized as one of the most creative and effective tools to address innovation in the modern world. Particularly for non-designers, it provides a new way of looking at problems as well as a systematical approach to developing creative solutions that can be applied to a vast range of topics and disciplines. This program will provide an immersive experience of design thinking from emphasizing, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing.

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Your Girl RayRay: Cross-national Media Content Creation in Cultures Through the Lens of University Students

“Your Girl RayRay” is an entrepreneurship project focusing on the creation of videos from the perspective of students from sino-foreign cooperative universities on domestic and global social media platforms (such as YouTube, Instagram, Red, Bilibili, Weibo, etc.). Its videos are mainly about cultural similarities and differences, including topics like sharing language learning skills, UG students’ experiences in study and job hunting, gender awareness of women, and the health of women. Its target audience is Chinese and international students aged from 16 to 25. The profits are mainly from advertising revenue, video sponsorship, physical or online products, and pay-per-view on the platforms.

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Blue Bear: From 0 to 1 Actualizing Your Robot Dreams at DKU

Blue Bear is a team of Duke Kunshan University iNNOVATION iNCUBATOR. Founded in July 2022, Blue Bear is committed to designing a mechanical structure with a two-color roller scoring ability that can stably pick up and shoot discs in the VEX Robot Competition, improving the control accuracy of automation programming and robot positioning problems, training the contestant’s strategic deployment and improvisational ability. Through robot innovation and development, team members can improve their academic ability, team consciousness, and competition experience, enhancing the atmosphere of robot research and innovation research at Duke Kunshan University. Blue Bear is expected to become a pioneer in robot engineering innovation in Kunshan.

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DKU InE 2022 Retrospection

How time flies and another year has passed sneakily. In the face of a series of uncertainties, both known and unknown, DKU InE has been on an unremitting quest for a better-reformed combination of social innovation and campus services, turning DKU students’ imaginations into practicable actions in the year 2022.  In 2022, the InE held…

iGEM: DKU Teams Won Two Silver Medals

“Dii” Dii is an engine for cultivating and supporting startup ideas from across the DKU campus. We aim to leverage the dynamism and enthusiasm of young change-makers striving to have a positive impact on the world with their unique ideas and innovative products and services at DKU. Fostering innovative and entrepreneurial thinking in students has…

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U-Corp @ 我的打工网: To be a Gentle Reformer

U-Corp is the abbreviation of the Duke Kunshan University-Corporation Innovation Lab, a co-innovation platform that connects innovative organizations/companies with the vibrant DKU research and entrepreneurial community. The goal is to provide DKU students with the opportunity to master industry-proven innovation research methodologies through productive practice and co-creation projects with companies. Meanwhile, the projects also offer…

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Dii 2022 Fall Batch Team Announcement

Congratulations to the 11 teams who have been selected for the Dii 2022 Fall batch! We hope you can enjoy the journey of creating and developing your own projects. For those of you who were not able to join the Dii this time but still be interested in presenting your innovative and entrepreneurial projects, we encourage…