Last night, our research team won first prize in the MinutePitch competition component of the UMass Innovation Challenge.  We pitched our Green Latrine technology and sanitation-as-a-business model to a panel of judges, in competition with 33 other teams from the university.  I am proud of our team for their hard work on this.  I think I speak for all of them when I say that it feels encouraging to have positive reinforcement for our idea and research.  Clearly, there is significant potential to develop our technology in a way that provides sanitation access to those that currently lack it.