Mayo Innovation Scholarship winners announced

The SMU Business and Biology Departments congratulate the 2008/09 Mayo Innovation Scholarship award winners upon completion of their outstanding project work. Biology students Nicole Haese and James Mazzuca, along with business students Leah Hoglin and Joseph Weinmann, presented their product and market assessment report on the “New Use of Generic Drug to Treat Psoriasis” to the Mayo Clinic Office of Intellectual Property on March 13.

SMU is fortunate to be one of a select number of private Minnesota Colleges eligible for participation in the Mayo Innovation Scholarship program. The program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to work alongside a selected MBA student addressing research project submitted by Mayo Clinic researchers for development consideration. The Mayo Innovation Scholarships are available to junior and senior business and science students with applications requested in the fall semester.