B-Start, a pre-accelerator and mentorship program for startup companies founded and operated by students from Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College, will hold a Demo Day for its nine participating teams Thursday (Jan. 11) at IU’s Cyberinfrastructure Building at 2709 E. Tenth St. in Bloomington. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. and will feature… Read more »
Technology Commercialization
IUPUI entrepreneur receives NSF grant to develop hydrogen storage tech
Peter Schubert has a couple of titles: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Director of the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy. And there’s a third title: Entrepreneur and Founder of Green Fortress Engineering Inc. Schubert has a lot to celebrate these… Read more »
In Room 127 at IU East’s Hayes Hall, innovation and creativity abound
Take a visit to Room 127 in Hayes Hall on the IU East campus in Richmond and one will encounter an absolute treasure trove of high-tech gadgetry. Think of it as an innovation station — a place for students to gain inspiration into research or a new business idea. Want to try on a pair… Read more »
McROBBIE: Fall semester’s end marks another round of success for IU economic, educational initiatives
In a semester-end address issued Monday, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie summarized a fall 2016 semester in which IU made additional strides in strengthening both Indiana’s economic vitality and the educational success of its citizens. “Over the last several months, we have set new records at IU in, among other key areas, the number… Read more »
Media School professor selected for journalism entrepreneurship program Jan. 3-7 at Arizona State University
An associate professor with the IU Media School recently was selected as one of 12 fellows for the 2017 Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute to be held at Arizona State University’s Phoenix campus. Emily Metzgar will spend Jan. 3-7 at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in a competitively selective program that… Read more »
Apexian, which licenses IU technology, takes on pancreatic cancer
Apexian, formerly ApeX Therapeutics, is developing a drug therapy for pancreatic cancer. Company officials are working to take it into clinical trials. Apexian licenses the technology through Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation. You’ll read more about the company and its drug candidate in this Xconomy.com article.
CREED members learn how art and design initiatives at Herron School make key contributions to local, regional and statewide economies
When the topic of economic impact is broached, art and design normally is not the first thing that comes to mind. But during their final meeting of 2016, members of IU’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) learned how the Herron School of Art + Design makes key economic contributions to their surrounding… Read more »
UniBloom pitch wins top prize at 7th annual Startup Weekend Bloomington event hosted by Innovate Indiana
UniBloom, a concept for a mobile app that uses games and contests to promote improved health and fitness in the workplace, won top prize at the seventh annual Startup Weekend Bloomington event held at IU’s Cyberinfrastructure Building. Team members Joshua Hobbs, Mark Meyer-Malia and Roy Solomma earned several prizes that include a fall 2017 spot… Read more »
PROFILE: DinnerCall mobile app, developed with backing from Innovate Indiana Fund, stands poised to place supermarkets on equal ground with fast food chains and restaurants
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — To see the business opportunity that Indiana University startup professor Gerry Hays seeks to capitalize on, just take a short stroll in your local grocer’s deli – say around 8 or 9 p.m. Slide past the bananas, the tomatoes, the shrink-wrapped potatoes – and saunter up close to the main counter where… Read more »
Three days of innovation set for CIB as Startup Weekend begins Friday
The Cyberinfrastructure Building at IU Bloomington will serve as center stage for three days of concepts, creativity — and quite possibly the seeds of a new startup company — as Startup Weekend starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday and runs until 9 p.m. Sunday. Innovate Indiana serves as a signature sponsor for the 54-hour event, which… Read more »