Friday, April 17, 2026
Sponsorship
University of Bridgeport’s Research, Innovation, Scholarship, Entrepreneurship (RISE) Committee welcomes sponsors for the event.
Support UB RISE
For your financial sponsorship or donations of in-kind support, your gift will be acknowledged with your name, or your company’s logo,* placed on the UB RISE Sponsorship page, printed program materials, and announced at the reception following the awards ceremony. If you would like more information about other sponsorship opportunities, please reach out to UB RISE’s Sponsorship Subcommittee at ubrise@bridgeport.edu.
Your gift will allow us to award cash prizes to our student and faculty poster winners as well as support the day’s events. Simply, click Give Now below, enter your gift amount and then select UB RISE in the designation drop down menu.
We invite you to attend UB RISE on April 17 so that you can see how your gift allows us to build upon UB’s legacy and to promote scholarly talent and innovative pursuits to tackle our 21st Century challenges.
* Please send in the name of the sponsor and the logo to Julie Demers at ubrise@bridgeport.edu.
Thank you to our UB RISE sponsors
Platinum sponsors ($5000+)

Gold Sponsor ($4000-$4999)
UB Offices of the President, Provost, Innovation, Strategy, and Advancement
Alumni and Friends sponsors
Dolly Balaji ’22, Barbara James ’74, ’77, William “Bill” Moran ’74, Ajay Shrestha, Ph.D. ’02, ’06, ’19, Gordon Stier ’77, James Swain ’75, Lorraine Taylor ’76, Julie Demers, CRA, Dr. Khaled Elleithy, Rosaura Frias, MSDH, Meredith Gaffney, MPH
Business donors
Bauer Hall Innovation Center





- Dr. Shannon Hashemi, CMA and Dr. Al Daneshfar, CMA
- Entrepreneurship Foundation, President Mike Roer (’08)
- Purple Knights Coffee Company
Student club sponsors






- Student Entrepreneur Club, VP Elena Cahill, JD (’91)
- Psychology Club, Dr. Elizabeth “Elise” Fles
- American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Dr. Junling “Joyce” Hu
- Biology Club
- Period Club
- Sandybell Callahan
- IEEE at UB Club, Dr. Ahmed El Sayed
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Dr. Brenda Harrison
UB offices and program sponsors
- UB Clinics
- Ernest C. Trefz School of Business
- Facilities Office (John Carserino and Enrique Santana)
High school sponsors
ANGIE’S at AQUA Seafood Market
Bridgeport Aquaculture School
60 St. Stephens Road, Bridgeport CT 06605
Stamford High School – Uber Gift Card