<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2018/aspiring-inventors-and-entrepreneurs-nurtured-by-the-universitys-innovation-ecosystem.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>05/23/2018</pubDate><title>Aspiring Inventors and Entrepreneurs Nurtured by the University’s Innovation Ecosystem</title><description>Students from across the University of New Haven reflect on their experiences participating in the Alvine New Venture Pitch Competition, an interdisciplinary initiative supported by the University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation program.</description><hide-description/><author>Jackie Hennessey, contributing writer</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>May 23, 2018</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2018/alvine-group-shot.jpg" alt=""/></image><image-caption>Twelve teams participated last month in the final round of the Alvine New Venture Pitch Competition.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2018</tag></tags></item>