By George Vlahakis, Kelley School of Business In mid-March, faculty at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business organized a three-day “virtual idea blitz” to address impacts of COVID-19 across the arenas of health, education and small business in communities and through changed purchasing behaviors. Led by Regan Stevenson, an assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship… Read more »
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Common rotavirus vaccine might be key to protecting children against COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its global spread, vaccine development is on everyone’s mind. Indiana University’s John Patton is no exception. Patton, an associate professor of biology and Blatt Chair of Virology in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington, has been studying viruses for more than 30 years. His main focus has… Read more »
Faculty at Kelley offer their innovative and entrepreneurial expertise to fight COVID-19
By George Vlahakis, associate director of communications and media relations, Indiana University Kelley School of Business Faculty at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business are using innovative methods and their personal resources in the battle against the novel coronavirus pandemic that has now affected the lives of more than 3,000 Hoosiers and more than… Read more »
Patent awarded to IU innovation that could activate T cells for immunotherapies
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to stimulate T cells for immunotherapy. The innovation was created by the Yan Yu lab of IU Bloomington. T cells can be used to fight cancer, enhance immune therapy, fight viral infection and induce tolerance in autoimmune disease. An essential step in… Read more »
Patent awarded to IU innovation that could detect chronic immune condition
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to diagnose chronic graft-versus-host disease. The innovation was created by Dr. Sophie Paczesny of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Chronic graft-versus-host disease occurs after certain transplants when donor immune cells recognize the host tissues as foreign and attack them. The current… Read more »
Patent issued to IUPUI method and system to create 3D images with a single imager
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to create 3D images from a single imager. The innovation was created by Lauren Christopher of IUPUI. Depth is important in new consumer electronics products in order to create immersive 3D experiences for the user with new 3D displays. Traditional methods to… Read more »
Patent awarded to IU innovation that could impact cell and tissue therapeutics
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on an innovation to create cells that could improve vascular repair. The innovation was created by Dr. Mervin Yoder of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Endothelial colony-forming cells are rare cells that have been shown to be directly transplantable into patients. They have been… Read more »
How ANGEL Learning launched decades of entrepreneurship, part 3 of 3
IUPUI and IU Ventures continue innovation It was immediately apparent to the stakeholders at IUPUI and IU Research and Technology Corp., formerly known as IU ARTI, that this deal represented a huge opportunity for all of Indiana if leveraged correctly. One of the first strategic uses of the return was to establish the Innovate Indiana… Read more »
How ANGEL Learning launched decades of entrepreneurship, part 2 of 3
ANGEL Learning creation and growth With the new ideas in mind, Jafari, Mills and an intern built the ANGEL product in 10 months, completing it in 2000. “We all had lots of experience, but David is hands-down the best coder I know,” Jafari said. “He was working as many as 90 hours a week to… Read more »
How ANGEL Learning launched decades of entrepreneurship, part 1 of 3
IU Ventures has achieved growth and success over the last two decades through the proof of its model. Back when the organization was known as IU Advanced Research and Technology Institute, or ARTI, it made its first equity investment in a revolutionary enterprise learning-management system called ANGEL, a successor to first product OnCourse which was… Read more »