By Tony Armstrong
I was honored to be asked to speak on a panel at the 2010 Annual Conference of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds. The distinguished panel I joined talked focused on regional innovation clusters. Great group of people and a great organization!
The National Association of Seed and Venture Funds is a global non-profit membership organization whose mission is to advance innovation capital. Find out more about NASVF below.
By Kirk White
Congratulations!
Bloomington Ranked 16th Best Performing Small Metro in the Nation.
By Bill Stephan
The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment is devoted to supporting economic success for Indiana and a high quality of life for all Hoosiers. An applied research organization, CUPE was created by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 1992. The Center works in partnership with community leaders, business and civic organizations, nonprofits, and government. CUPE’s work is focused on urban policy, intergovernmental cooperation, community and economic development, housing, environmental issues, and fiscal affairs research essential to developing strategies to strengthen Indiana’s economy and quality of life.
Center for Urban Policy and the Environment.
By Tony Armstrong
Early–stage capital is scarce both in Indiana and in the United States as a whole. Emerging companies frequently face a funding gap at the exact moment when capital is needed to begin transforming its research into commercial products. IURTC established the Innovate Indiana Fund in 2009 to invest in technologies discovered at Indiana University. The goal of the fund is to harness the immense creativity happening across IU’s eight campuses and nine centers of medical education to create businesses that benefit the entire state. Funding is available for university faculty and researchers who need financial support to bring their discoveries to the marketplace. The $10 million initial capitalization of the fund is allocated to early-stage and late-stage investments.
By David Gard
The Fall 2010 issue of the Indiana Business Review has been recently released and is now available for download. A quarterly publication of the Indiana Business Research Center at IU’s Kelley School of Business, the IBR provides analysis and insight on key economic and demongraphic issues.
Particular articles of interest in the latest issue include:
Indiana in the Global Economy: Current Export and FDI Activity – Even though the economic recovery is still fragile, recent growth in Hoosier exports and increases in announced foreign direct investment provide encouraging signals. In fact, Indiana is only one of 14 states whose value of exports in the first six months of 2010 surpassed pre-recession levels.
Education’s Value: It’s Not That Simple – Educational attainment is a major contributor to higher earnings, but the value of a college degree varies widely. The benefits are greatest for people who choose the right industry and occupation. Not enough Hoosier students are studying the fields that lead to the highest wages – which are also the occupations that our key industries depend on most.
Here’s the link to IBR web site where a printable PDF of the full issue can be downloaded:
By Tony Armstrong
Very glad to have them affiliated with the IU Emerging Tehnologies Center!
By Bill Stephan
The President’s Economic Development Cabinet, a 15-member group of distinguished business, community and faculty leaders with a broad range of experiences and knowledge in the technology and life-sciences sectors, was established to serve as economic development advisors to Indiana University President Michael McRobbie. The Cabinet meets three times a year to provide policy input and counsel on how the university can best leverage its many assets into initiatives that will advance both the university’s interests and Indiana’s economic vitality.
By Kirk White
IU has forged partnerships with the Indiana National Guard (ING) on their efforts at the Guard’s Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck Center for Complex Operations (CAMCCO) to brief and train personnel deploying to Afghanistan on issues related to language, cultural sensitivity, and governance. The Guard has been entrusted with the responsibility of developing and providing training programs for both civilian and military personnel engaged in various assistance programs for developing nations.
Under the partnership agreement, IU is assisting in the development these programs by providing a wide cross-section of faculty subject matter experts to serve as consultants, trainers, and instructors. Subject areas include languages, culture and customs and rules of law in counter-insurgency operations.
A key program currently under way involves training provincial reconstruction teams for deployment to Afghanistan. IU is providing trainers to teach Afghan languages and culture to members of these military/civilian teams before they deploy overseas.
Additionally, IU has partnered Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center – Crane, Indiana on the Advanced Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Facility, located at the IU Cyclotron in Bloomington. This project includes upgrades to the linear accelerator formerly based at Crane, a project that has already brought in $7.83 million in federal funding. IU is currently expanding its partnership with NSWC Crane to include specialized areas of IU faculty expertise in Information Technology and Informatics, including modeling, simulation, cyber security and data mining.
By David Gard
A recent article from Governing poses an interesting question: “can you have economic development without job growth?” At the end of the day, economic development is always about jobs. But, as the article asserts, the strategy implemented to secure new jobs may need to be about something else. Thus, if new jobs are the desired outcome, strategies may need to be focused on the outputs that can then help lead to job growth.
In the so-called “jobless recovery,” how do you measure economic development success without depending on jobs? A few emerging ideas are proposed:
Here’s the link for the full article:
By Tony Armstrong
I want to introduce you to another IU faculty member that is making a difference…
For those with advanced lung disease or damage, a lung transplant has been a way to buy a little more time. In fact, patients who receive newly transplanted lungs have just a 50/50 chance of being alive five years later.
Professor David Wilkes, who has devoted his career to improving lung transplant survival rates, may have discovered a way to improve the odds.
Read more about what Dr. Wilkes is doing to make a difference.
