Faculty members from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business will join panelists from other IU campuses to offer perspectives on the global, national, state and local economies and financial markets during a 10-city tour. It begins Nov. 2 in Indianapolis and Bloomington. “Every year, in the fall, business and government leaders plan for the coming… Read more »
Year: 2017
Patachou founder and president to speak at Economic Club of Indiana’s Nov. 6 luncheon
Martha Hoover, founder and president of Patachou Inc., will speak at The Economic Club of Indiana’s luncheon on Monday, Nov. 6. The luncheon will take place from noon-1:30 p.m. at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 S. Capitol Ave. Hoover chose a path of entrepreneurship in founding Patachou Inc., an independently owned company operating a collection… Read more »
Apexian Pharmaceuticals selected for NCI SBIR Investor Initiatives program
Congratulations to Indianapolis-based Apexian Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotech company developing novel compounds to treat cancer by leveraging intellectual property discovered at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The company has been selected to participate in the National Cancer Institute’s SBIR Investor Initiatives program. As part of the program, Dr. Richard Messmann — Apexian’s chief medical… Read more »
JagStart informational workshops for IUPUI, IUPUC students begin Oct. 31
Full- and part-time undergraduate, graduate and professional students who are currently enrolled and in good standing at IUPUI or IUPUC are invited to an hourlong workshop to learn about the JagStart pitch competition. JagStart encourages entrepreneurially oriented students to develop their ideas and present them persuasively. During the competition, which will take place in the… Read more »
Kelley School of Business’ entrepreneurship program, faculty receive international recognition
Congratulations to the Indiana University Kelley School of Business’ entrepreneurship program. U.S. News and World Report ranked it the top program among those offered by public universities, and third overall. It also has been cited in a paper in the Journal of Small Business Management as having the greatest impact on the field. Three Kelley… Read more »
IU launches comprehensive action on addiction, partnering with Gov. Holcomb, IU Health, others
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie has announced IU’s commitment to invest $50 million to collaborate with community partners to prevent and reduce addictions in Indiana. Announced alongside Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and IU Health President and CEO Dennis Murphy, the initiative — Responding to the Addictions Crisis — is part of IU’s bicentennial… Read more »
Two IU-based startups named New Venture Competition finalists
Congratulations to Indiana Lysis Technologies and The Bee Corp., two of the five finalists in the sixth annual BioCrossroads New Venture Competition. Indiana Lysis Technologies was founded by Dr. Jeffrey Kline and Nathan Alves, faculty in the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine. Indiana Lysis Technologies is a drug-discovery company that is… Read more »
IU travels to Washington, D.C., to present Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division’s impact on Midwest innovation
On Sept. 27, leaders from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division and other Indiana industry and academic partners traveled to Washington, D.C. They briefed representatives from the Office of the Vice President of the United States and the Office of Science and Technology Policy on the innovation ecosystem NSWC Crane has helped develop in Southern… Read more »
Subir Bandyopadhyay, IU Northwest professor and IU CREED council member, edits book on social media marketing
Congratulations Subir Bandyopadhyay, professor of marketing at Indiana University Northwest and representative on the IU Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED. His book “Contemporary Issues in Social Media Marketing” has been published and is now available from Amazon and Routledge Publishing. Bandyopadhyay edited the book with Bikramjit Rishi, associate professor of marketing… Read more »
Congratulations to Menguin, which received support from Innovate Indiana Fund
Menguin, an online suit and tuxedo rental company, has been acquired by Generation Tux for $25 million. Menguin is one of 13 companies in the Innovation Indiana Fund portfolio. According to a news release, Menguin has experienced three years at an 800 percent compound annual growth rate. Menguin and Generation Tux will continue to operate… Read more »