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Student Innovator Spotlight: 5C student-founded outdoor clothing brand, for women by women

Rachel Ma (PO ‘26), a recent philosophy graduate from Pomona, dreamed up Tualmi to address the lack of inclusive outdoor clothing for women. Her idea was inspired by a conversation […]

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Students Design the Future of Education: PAYS and Upward Bound at the Hive

When the future proves uncertain and unstable for young people around the world, design thinking becomes a way of seeing the world differently. This summer, the Hive partnered again with […]

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Farewell Fred, Welcome Abbe!

  After ten years, Fred Leichter has stepped down as the Executive Director of the Hive. The Hive team is immensely grateful for all that he has ideated, prototyped, and […]

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Design Innovation Internship Grantees [Summer ’26]

This summer, the Hive will support five 5C students who were awarded innovation and design internships with companies and organizations in spheres such as tech justice, community design, education redesign, […]

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HCD Memory Tiles: Honoring Oldenborg

“This is so special and unique because it’s one of the first times I’m seeing a project I worked on in HCD be fully realized in the world…and it’s on […]

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Design Thinking at the Accelathon: Claremont Accelerator Recap

Claremont Accelerator hosted its first Accelathon at the Hive, a fast-paced hackathon challenging participants to “fix a broken system or institution.” With just five hours to ideate and prototype, teams […]

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