During the first week of classes in the fall 2019 semester, experts in innovation, entrepreneurship and community engagement wrote about how IU campuses support students who are innovative and/or entrepreneurially minded. The original opinion pieces, posted on the Crimson Catalyst blog, can be read at the following links: “The upheaval in industrial innovation: Why IUPUI… Read more »
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August 28 CREED meeting focused on strategies from Elevate Ventures, TechPoint and Center for Rural Engagement
By Kirsten Adams, Office of the Vice President for Government Relations and Economic Engagement, Indiana University The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, held its third quarterly meeting of 2019 Aug. 28 on the IUPUI campus. Bill Stephan, IU vice president for government relations and economic engagement, highlighted the start… Read more »
Our portfolio grows: Welcome MBX Biosciences and Ziptility
By Teri Willey, executive director, IU Ventures and fund manager, Indiana Philanthropic Venture Fund I am pleased to report that in Q2 2019, we have added two more companies to our portfolio. MBX Biosciences is a therapeutics company founded by serial entrepreneurs Kent Hawryluk, who received the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the School of… Read more »
Pulse-quickening startups: IU-connected medical, biotech companies to be promoted June 11 in Indy
Life sciences executives, entrepreneurs and researchers around Indiana will soon learn about startups based on IP developed at Indiana University, that have IU personnel in the C-suite or that have received investments from the Indiana Philanthropic Venture Fund. Three executives will present their companies with IU connections at Rising Star Startups from 3-5 p.m. June… Read more »
May 22 CREED meeting focused on IU Kokomo, 2019 legislative session, Center for the Business of Life Sciences
The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, held it second quarterly meeting of 2019 on May 22 on the IUPUI campus. David Gard, assistant vice president for economic engagement shared campus updates since the previous meeting in February. “IU awarded over 21,000 degrees this year, the highest of any institution… Read more »
Lakshmi Sastry-Dent joins IU ICO, will manage mostly IUPUI, IU School of Medicine technologies
The Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office, which protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at IU so it can be commercialized by industry, has hired Lakshmi Sastry-Dent as senior technology commercialization manager. Bill Brizzard, executive director, said Sastry-Dent will strengthen IU ICO’s abilities to work with university inventors. “Lakshmi has a strong technical background… Read more »
Tyson Rugenstein joins IU ICO, will manage portfolio of life sciences inventions
The Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office, which protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at IU so it can be commercialized by industry, has hired Tyson Rugenstein as senior technology commercialization manager. Bill Brizzard, executive director, said Rugenstein strengthens the roster of the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office. “Tyson’s extensive experience in business development… Read more »
IU leaders envision student career pathways during E2E luncheon
Representatives from Indiana University campuses convened at the IUPUI Campus Center in early March for 2019 Education-to-Employment Convergence, the fifth annual E2E event hosted by IU. E2E Convergence was created as an ongoing forum to discuss the challenges, opportunities and strategies associated with strengthening sustainable pathways for students and graduates to secure meaningful work experiences… Read more »
Nov. 28 CREED meeting highlighted INfuze Indiana, government relations, IURTC and IU Northwest
The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, hosted its final quarterly meeting of 2018 on Nov. 28 on the IUPUI campus. Bill Stephan, vice president for engagement and CREED chair, shared new developments at the university: David Rubenstein is scheduled to be the winter commencement speaker at IU Bloomington, the… Read more »
Meet the IU CREED members: Jason Troutwine of IU East
The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, addresses regional economic concerns and identifies ways that IU can use its resources to advance economic development efforts in the state. Each IU campus has a CREED representative, appointed by that campus’s chancellor or provost. Jason Troutwine has represented IU East since 2018…. Read more »