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Congratulations to the Wege Prize 2025 Winning Teams!
2025 Wege Prize winners announced: Top three student teams from schools worldwide share in $65,000 USD prize pool for sustainable designs that address malnutrition, textile waste, and wastewater pollution. From left to right: MC Bridget Clark Whitney, Olivia Awuor Okinyi of Eco Nasi, Brenda Maembe of Agpress, Iván Toro Pineda, … More Congratulations to the Wege Prize 2025 Winning Teams! »
INFLUENTIAL SCIENTIST AND AUTHOR DR. SUZANNE SIMARD TO DISCUSS THE HIDDEN COMMUNICATION OF FORESTS.
The author of ‘Finding the Mother Tree’ will give a virtual lecture on Thursday, April 24, 2025 Grand Rapids, Michigan – April 1, 2025 – The 28th Annual Wege Speaker Series (www.wegespeakerseries.com) returns on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 4pm EDT. This lecture will return to a virtual format. Presenting … More INFLUENTIAL SCIENTIST AND AUTHOR DR. SUZANNE SIMARD TO DISCUSS THE HIDDEN COMMUNICATION OF FORESTS. »
Teams Announced in Wege Prize 2025
90 student teams move on to Phase 1 Preliminary Judging. These 450 participants come from 144 academic institutions in 41 countries around the world. Grand Rapids, Mich., October 16, 2024 – This year, a precedent-setting applicant group of 130 five-person teams worldwide were narrowed down to 90 teams for Phase … More Teams Announced in Wege Prize 2025 »