Group earns Beyond 2012 crown for innovative invention

By Kara Hallissey
Strategic Communication student

Rize Inc. won the judges’ votes by a close margin with their creation, uHome. A search engine that allows college students to easily find housing near the school they attend was named the winner of the Beyond 2012 competition April 26. Through uHome, students can search for housing by cost or the number of bedrooms, among other standards.

Beyond 2012 is a media innovation competition that Professor James Marra, ADV, holds each semester in his Introduction to Media and Society class. Teams of students develop new or improved media innovations they think would … Read more »