Emory Schools Collaborations

Empowering students, faculty, and researchers through cross campus innovation

Innovating Across Emory: Hatchery Collaborations

The Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation, serves as a dynamic hub where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration thrive. Our mission is to empower students, faculty, and staff across all disciplines to turn bold ideas into real world impact.

By partnering with all nine Emory schools, The Hatchery fosters cross-campus innovation that breaks down silos and brings diverse perspectives together. From healthcare and theology to business and law, these collaborations are shaping the future of education, research, and community engagement.

Through our existing programs and these new collaborations, we are supporting the next generation of changemakers and problem solvers.

Types of Collaborations

Choose the level of partnership that fits your goals to bring innovation into your students.

What you get:

  • A Hatchery expert visits your class or event to share practical insights
    • Engaging sessions tailored to your students’ needs
    • Serve as a guest judge at a student pitch event, providing expert feedback and scoring to help teams refine their ideas

Examples:

  • Director Ben Garrett leads a session on Human-Centered Design
  • Senior Director & Innovator-in-Residence Jose discusses Prototyping
  • Senior Program Coordinator Rizky introduces The Hatchery’s programs and offerings.

What you get:

  • A custom program designed collaboratively with your school
  • Shared planning and clear outcomes aligned with your curriculum
  • Access to Hatchery resources, templates, and best practices

Example:

  • Masters of Nursing Enrichment Pilot co-designed with Miranda Hawks to integrate innovation into nursing education

  • Masters of Computer Science: Applied innovation with the Global Diabetes Research Center (GDRC)

What you get:

  • Everything offered with Co-Design
  • A fully co-branded, co-managed program executed with Hatchery support
  • Joint planning, marketing, and delivery for maximum impact

Examples:

  • Siperstein Challenge, Pathways Center: A student innovation competition fostering entrepreneurial thinking and creative problem-solving
  • Techstars Emory Founder Catalyst: A ten-week pre-Accelerator to help prepare Emory-Affiliated startups to raise capital