Indiana University has joined a growing list of university and nonprofit research institutions that are members of the National Academy of Inventors, an organization that honors innovation, the researchers who enable it and efforts to better society through it.
The academy also plays an economic development role, in part by serving as a liaison between local communities and industries that work with universities to conduct research. Among other objectives, it also helps society better understand how innovative research can improve everyday lives and how researchers can better target their work toward practical applications.
“Given Indiana University’s commitment to enhancing our state’s economic vitality through innovation and its desire to instill a culture of ‘building and making’ at all IU campuses statewide our membership in the National Academy of Inventors further enlightens our efforts.”
— Bill Stephan, Indiana University Vice President for Engagement
IU Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Richard DiMarchi will give a keynote address at NAI’s fourth annual conference March 19-20 in Pasadena, Calif. One of the world’s leading peptide chemists and a prolific entrepreneur, DiMarchi recently was named an NAI Fellow this year.
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