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Tech Design Challenge 2025 – SEE Cohort

Over the course of two days, student innovators from the Western New York Sophomore Externship Experience and University at Buffalo Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program tackled real-world nonprofit challenges to deliver creative, tech-driven solutions. This fast-paced event was made possible thanks to support from M&T Tech, our event sponsor, and Aleron, the proud sponsor of the PowerUpTech program.

Special thanks to our nonprofit partners United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, the Collaborative Center for Social Innovation, and the Innovation Center at PathStone for bringing forward meaningful challenges and empowering students to make an impact.

Check out the gallery below to see the winning teams in action, the energy of collaboration, and moments of innovation!

Photos taken by Mark Mulville Photography and Joshua Newman