EPICS teams have advanced in two prestigious national competitions. The ‘FlashFood’ EPICS team has been selected as a finalist in the Microsoft Imagine U.S. Cup, and will be flying to Seattle for the competition held April 20-23.

Additionally, eight EPICS teams have been selected as semifinalists in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge, and now have several weeks to prepare their entries for the final round of competition, to be held in Austin in June. These teams were scattered across the classes with two EPICS GOLD I teams, three EPICS GOLD II teams, and three EPICS Turquoise teams selected to advance. The teams selected include: 33 Buckets, SafeSIPP, Team Ride & Bike, FlashFood, Well~Water, DocTalk, Project CURE M^3, and Project CURE Sorting Database.