Indiana University and Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane hosted White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Assistant Director for Defense programs Chris Fall at a Thursday, Oct. 8, roundtable focused on the roles of IU and NSWC Crane in promoting regional economic innovation. Fall, who works on defense-related science, technology and innovation matters, traveled… Read more »
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Indiana University and NSA Crane strengthen ties with educational partnership agreement
At a signing ceremony set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 14) in the Wrubel Conference Room of IU Bloomington’s Cyberinfrastructure Building, IU Vice President for Research Fred H. Cate and Navy Rear Adm. Rick Williamson will sign an accord that further expands the Indiana… Read more »
KSM/Kelley School of Business survey: 'Skills gap' continues to take toll on Indiana economy
Angst among Hoosier manufacturers is on the rise, with corporate taxes, environmental regulations and a shortage of skilled workers leading their collective list. Such were the findings of Katz, Sapper & Miller’s annual manufacturing survey released earlier this week, which was conducted in collaboration with IU’s Kelley School of Business. Once more, Indiana’s “skills gap”… Read more »
Armstrong and Cate discuss record IU patent issues on Inside Indiana Business segment
During the 2015 fiscal year, Indiana University set a school record with 183 U.S. and foreign patents issued. In terms of economic development, startup businesses based on IU-licensed technologies generated an estimated $100 million, while IU grossed more than $6.8 million in royalty income. Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. President and CEO Tony Armstrong,… Read more »
Study of high-growth firms in Indy area reflects need to shrink 'skills gap' between demand, training of technology workers
A new study of high-growth firms in the Indianapolis region sheds light on the challenges and opportunities faced by these important drivers of regional economic development. The study, funded by the Kauffman Foundation, is co-authored by Sameeksha Desai, an assistant professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, and Yasuyuki Motoyama,… Read more »
Innovate Indiana representatives to anchor panel discussion at University Economic Development Association annual summit
The ongoing dialogue in Indiana to reduce a widening gap between the demand for technically skilled workers and the number produced by Indiana colleges and universities is the topic of an IU-led panel discussion at the University Economic Development Association’s annual summit to be held Sept. 27-30 in Anchorage, Alaska. Innovate Indiana’s Rebecca Carl, associate… Read more »
Innovate Indiana, IU Kokomo officials contribute to project that outlines university roles, methods in economic development
A trio of Indiana University officials played integral roles in a recently established framework that defines the roles that colleges and universities play in modern economic development and the methods they can use to better pursue that mission. The two-year project — taken on by the University Economic Development… Read more »
Grand Challenges initiative urges IU faculty across all disciplines, campuses to "go big" and attack world's most pressing problems
For those who haven’t heard by now — or were otherwise besieged by early-semester tasks — Indiana University just launched the most ambitious research program in its history. Through a $300 million investment over the next five years, IU’s Grand Challenges program aims to address some of the world’s most pressing issues — such as… Read more »
IU Bloomington researchers are co-recipients of $1.2 million NSF grant to study "makers"
As Indiana University pursues its bicentennial goal of instilling “a culture of building and making” throughout the Hoosier State, a pair of IU researchers recently were named co-recipients of a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to study “making” as a potential driver of the U.S. economy. Associate professors Shaowen Bardzell and Jeffrey Bardzell of… Read more »
Summer Scholars Institute now in ninth year at IU's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses
As the need to add more STEM-educated (science, technology, engineering, math) Hoosiers to the state’s workforce gains more and more attention, it seems only appropriate that the Big Ten Network would call attention to IU’s Summer Scholars Institute, an initiative founded by former university President Adam Herbert in 2007. The Institute is an eight-week program… Read more »