One of Simon Hall’s headline events for the year, the Sixth Annual Watanabe Symposium in Chemical Biology hosted by IU Bloomington’s Department of Chemistry, is set for Saturday, Oct. 10, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Chemistry 122. The symposium honors the late August “Gus” Watanabe, who led research and development at Eli Lilly… Read more »
Year: 2015
Future engine of IU innovation is born with groundbreaking for $39.8 million Luddy Hall
One recent event certain to catalyze the innovators and entrepreneurs of tomorrow at IU Bloomington was the Oct. 2 groundbreaking for Luddy Hall, the $39.8 million, 124,000-square-foot new home for IU’s School of Informatics and Computing. Slated for completion in December 2017, private donations will fund at least one-fourth of the cost — including $8… Read more »
Armstrong and Cate discuss record IU patent issues on Inside Indiana Business segment
During the 2015 fiscal year, Indiana University set a school record with 183 U.S. and foreign patents issued. In terms of economic development, startup businesses based on IU-licensed technologies generated an estimated $100 million, while IU grossed more than $6.8 million in royalty income. Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. President and CEO Tony Armstrong,… Read more »
Spin Up company Anagin LLC to present its PTSD treatment approach at CATTEC VIII
Anagin LLC, part of the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp.’s Spin Up program, will present its novel method for treating post-traumatic stress disorder without triggering harmful side effects at CATTEC VIII, an investment forum for promising Midwest startups being held Thursday, Oct. 15 in Chicago. Organized by the Midwest Research University Network, CATTEC —… Read more »
IUSM scientists reap record $302.3 million in research grants and awards during FY 2015
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine set a school record for the amount of research awards and grants received during the 2015 fiscal year. In all, $302.3 million worth of awards were received — a 17 percent increase over the 2014 fiscal year — with $111.5 million coming from the National Institutes of… Read more »
Study of high-growth firms in Indy area reflects need to shrink 'skills gap' between demand, training of technology workers
A new study of high-growth firms in the Indianapolis region sheds light on the challenges and opportunities faced by these important drivers of regional economic development. The study, funded by the Kauffman Foundation, is co-authored by Sameeksha Desai, an assistant professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, and Yasuyuki Motoyama,… Read more »
Innovate Indiana representatives to anchor panel discussion at University Economic Development Association annual summit
The ongoing dialogue in Indiana to reduce a widening gap between the demand for technically skilled workers and the number produced by Indiana colleges and universities is the topic of an IU-led panel discussion at the University Economic Development Association’s annual summit to be held Sept. 27-30 in Anchorage, Alaska. Innovate Indiana’s Rebecca Carl, associate… Read more »
Innovate Indiana, IU Kokomo officials contribute to project that outlines university roles, methods in economic development
A trio of Indiana University officials played integral roles in a recently established framework that defines the roles that colleges and universities play in modern economic development and the methods they can use to better pursue that mission. The two-year project — taken on by the University Economic Development… Read more »
Human clinical trials conducted by Indiana University, Mayo Clinic researchers may stop polycystic kidney disease square in its tracks
Polycystic kidney disease is a debilitating and painful disease, one that stems from a gene mutation and as yet, has no cure or even an effective therapy aside from an organ transplant. Over time, it can cause a kidney — normally the size of one’s fist — to grow as large as a football in… Read more »
Innovate Indiana Fund associate Musgrave co-teaches Kelley School of Business course in venture capital and entrepreneurial finance
With the fall semester at IU Bloomington under way, Innovate Indiana Fund associate Maggie Musgrave finds herself even busier than usual. Twice a week, she co-teaches a course titled “Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance” at the Kelley School of Business. Along with senior lecturer of finance Gerry A. Hays, Musgrave guides three sections of about… Read more »