Impact of Design Series, Vol. 6: Lassonde Studios

The University of Utah has redefined entrepreneurial education with Lassonde Studios—a breakthrough learning facility combining 400 student residences with an entrepreneurial hangar where students truly live, create, and launch companies. In just two years, the building has quintupled the number of student-led startups on campus and bolstered the university’s entrepreneurial brand. The building is open to the entire campus community, and welcomes students from all backgrounds and concentrations of study to spur innovation and establish a new paradigm for entrepreneurial learning.