Faculty, staff and student researchers at IUPUI disclosed 32 inventions to the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office during the fiscal year July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. The IU Innovation and Commercialization Office’s mission is to drive innovation to the market for the benefit of the public, the university and the innovators for state,… Read more »
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IU Bloomington researchers disclose 42 inventions in 2019-20 fiscal year
Faculty, staff and student researchers at Indiana University Bloomington disclosed 42 inventions to the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office during the fiscal year July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. The IU Innovation and Commercialization Office’s mission is to drive innovation to the market for the benefit of the public, the university and the innovators… Read more »
Webinar: Priming Faculty Startups for VC Investment
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, the Indiana University Office of the Vice President for Research and Office of the Vice President for Government Relations and Economic Engagement will host the first in a series of IU Quarry webinars. This free webinar will help IU faculty, staff and students who have started a company —… Read more »
Kelley’s Indiana Business Research Center supports U.S. Opportunity Zones initiative
A new online tool developed at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business to help economic and community developers in areas identified as opportunity zones is being praised by a top official at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The USA Opportunity Zones tool was created at the Indiana Business Research Center at Kelley for the… Read more »
A recap of 2019 National Entrepreneurship Month posts
Thanks to the Indiana University faculty, staff, current students and alumni who shared insights about being an entrepreneur. The following links will take you to each person’s Q&A article on Crimson Catalyst. Nathan J. Alves, Indiana Lysis Technologies Jacob Babcock, NuCurrent Kevin Berkopes, Crossroads Portfolio Companies Adrian Calderon, Adrian’s Prophet Sneha Dave, Health Advocacy Summit… Read more »
November is National Entrepreneurship Month
Students, alumni, faculty and staff across all academic disciplines at Indiana University campuses and academic centers are developing products and services for the benefit of the world. Their companies are helping the general public, industry, government and more. We are pleased to profile some of them and their perspectives about being an entrepreneur during November,… Read more »
IU’s makerspaces and incubators serve different purposes
By Travis J. Brown, senior executive assistant dean for innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization, and executive director of the Shoemaker Innovation Center A common misconception when it comes to supporting student innovation and student entrepreneurship is that all educational spaces serve the same purpose. But only a small subset of student inventors and entrepreneurs I work… Read more »
Supporting student interest in innovation and entrepreneurship
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 »
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 »