Through the IURTC, our Innovate Indiana Fund has invested in Courseload, an e-text delivery platform that allows for reading and annotating textbooks. Courseload is also a tenant in the IU-Emerging Technologies Center and has recently grown into additional space in the IU-ETC. Here’s a brief description from their website: Today’s generation of students has grown… Read more »
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The Indiana CTSI boosts health science innovations
Hoosiers are catching on: Indiana is becoming a hotbed of health science innovations. A big reason is the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, or Indiana CTSI. This bench-to-bedside research group includes scientists from IU, Notre Dame, and Purdue as well as from companies such as the Cook Group and Eli Lilly. The CTSI provides… Read more »
IU's tech innovations in 2011, part 2
Still on the topic of IU’s tech innovations in 2011, we must include Indiana University’s maverick computer scientist Dr. Ali Jafari, now starting his third venture here at the IURTC. Jafari’s new company has developed the CourseNetworking (CN) software, a free social network for connecting teachers and students from around the world based on shared interests… Read more »
IU Tech Innovators for 2011
2011 has been a great year for tech innovation at IU. IU’s groundbreaking eTexts Initiative is one example. Two individuals are integral to this initiative: Indianapolis-based entrepreneur Mickey Levitan and IU Kelley School professor Alan Dennis. Their innovation is the Courseload software, an application that allows for integrating electronic books and course materials into the… Read more »
Leading in Uncertain Times
From Innovation: America’s Journal of Technology Commercialization: How lessons from the 19th century can propel your organization to higher levels of innovation, achievement and prosperity. The ability to take decisive action, particularly during times of great uncertainty, is the hallmark of successful leadership. History proves that those who know how to scout the future will… Read more »
Health-Care Innovation Is More Important Than Ever
From the WSJ: Finding innovative ways to deliver health care has never been more important than it is today. How will an increasing number of people get quality care at a cost that the nation can afford? The answer isn’t hard to figure out. It’s innovation. Health-Care Innovation Is More Important Than Ever… Read more »
Entrepreneurial Universities – Forbes
From a recent Forbes report : In the 30 years since the U.S. Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act, which assigned ownership of federally-funded inventions to academic institutions, university inventions have led to 6,000 new businesses, 4,300 new products, and 153 drugs, the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) reports. Even through the Great Recession,… Read more »
Creating Entrepreneurs | Innovation America
From writer Lauren de Vore: One secret to success in just about any endeavor is to play to people’s strengths. That’s what Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is doing for technology commercialization through its Entrepreneurs in Readiness program. In carrying out the laboratory’s national security mission, scientists and engineers come up with a wide range of… Read more »
Altered States: A Perspective on 75 Years of State Income Growth
At the CICEP meeting David Gard (Executive Director) and I attended in Portland Kent Glasscock, former Speaker of the House of Representatives in Kansas and now President of Kansas State’s IURTC, referenced the document below several times in his remarks. He was very persuasive and used this document to back up many of his… Read more »
New Data Reveal University Licensing, Startup Formation Remain Strong
AUTM announces the release of highlights from the AUTM U.S. Licensing Activity Survey: FY2010, a report scheduled for release at the end of the year. The survey summary shares quantitative information about and real-world examples of licensing activities at U.S. universities, hospitals and research institutions. “The data provide interesting insights as to the state of… Read more »