The state-of-the-art innovation and entrepreneurship center/student housing facility scheduled for an August opening on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus is expected to be a catalyst for student-led entrepreneurial activity. The $70 million Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs (RISE) is modeled after the Lassonde Studios, a University of Utah student innovation and housing facility.
“It’s going to change your campus,” said Troy D’Ambrosio, Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute executive director. “It’s going to change individual lives. It’s going to have a transformative experience for the people that go through that program and take advantage of the resources there.”
The five-story Lassonde Studios features a 20,000-square-foot innovation space on the bottom floor to…
