The Cyberinfrastructure Building at IU-Bloomington will be the venue for an April 1 public reception to introduce The Switchboard, an asset-mapping website for Bloomington’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The reception, co-sponsored by IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement (OVPE), will highlight the function and purpose of the Switchboard website and showcase the Cyberinfrastructure Building (CIB)… Read more »
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IU's commitment to cybersecurity helps state win bid for Army Guard Cyber Protection Team
The Indiana Army National Guard will expand its mission in 2016, but this latest initiative will not be visible in the usual way. Rather than Hoosiers seeing more convoys on their highways, this surge will occur in cyberspace – on the information superhighway – in the form of a Cyber Protection Team. About two weeks… Read more »
Innovation to solve social, economic dilemmas is the focus of IUPUI student pitch competition
The IUPUI University Library’s Lilly Auditorium will be the setting Friday, March 6, for the fourth annual Ideas Solving Social and Economic Challenges Idea Competition. Hosted by IUPUI’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Center for Research and Learning, the competition encourages individual students or teams to “pitch” new products or ventures…. Read more »
IU startup Arrhythmotech to showcase its research at NIH innovation conference in Ohio
Arrhythmotech LLC, an Indiana University startup company that is developing a new generation of cardio monitoring instruments, has been selected to make a poster presentation of its work on Wednesday, March 4, during the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Regional Innovation Conference-Midwest in Columbus, Ohio. NHLBI is a division of the National Institutes… Read more »
ARMSTRONG: IU and 144 other universities voice concern regarding proposed Innovation Act to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
As one of the nation’s leading research institutions and an invaluable resource for scientists whose innovations better the human condition, Indiana University relies on a robust patent system to protect such work. With such a system in place, it allows IU and other universities to license these patented works to business and industry, which in… Read more »
RED Fund Focus: Kokomo CEO program gives high schoolers entrepreneurial experience
KOKOMO — More than 100 business people recently gathered at Oakbrook Church for a half-day entrepreneurial conference. In every tangible way, it proceeded as if it were professionally managed. Yet the organizers were 14 high school students enrolled in a cutting-edge program known as Kokomo CEO, which stands for Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities. “The students did… Read more »
Indiana University's quarterly CREED meeting is set to convene March 4 at Kokomo campus
The first meeting of Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) to be held outside of Indianapolis will take place March 4 at IU’s Kokomo campus. CREED is an organization of representatives from each of IU’s 10 statewide campuses that seeks to enhance economic development by connecting IU creative and intellectual assets…. Read more »
IU expands its mission of innovation support by joining the National Academy of Inventors
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… Read more »
Joint Land Use Study kicks off in Southwest Central Indiana
When newcomers and visitors to Southwest Central Indiana learn that one of the largest employers in the region is a naval base, their typical reaction is one of confusion. In fact, NSA Crane is the third largest United States Navy installation by area, contributes more than $2 million daily to the Indiana economy, and accounts… Read more »
IUPUI begins the process of spreading an innovative and entreprenuerial culture across its campus and throughout Central Indiana
Last fall, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie revealed details on IU’s future direction, one that builds upon nearly 200 years of educating Hoosiers and creating billions of dollars worth of employment opportunities. In all, there were eight Bicentennial Priorities developed and two of them – “building a prosperous and innovative Indiana” and creating “a… Read more »