B-Start, a pre-accelerator program for early-stage technology companies run by Indiana University Bloomington and Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington students, recently announced its second class of participants. Developed by the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. and supported in part by Innovate Indiana, B-Start involves mentorship, coaching, consultations and informational sessions conducted throughout the fall. This training… Read more »
Tag: Higher Education and Innovation
Innovative approach to program structure nearly doubles number of psychology grads at IU Southeast
In 2010, IU Southeast had no students in its bachelor of science program for psychology. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Today, it has 54 students and IUS’ total number of psychology graduates over that time has nearly doubled from 44 in 2010-11 to 84 in 2015-16. Likewise the total number of psychology majors (which includes an B.A…. Read more »
IU Northwest School of Medicine researchers win $1.5 million NIH grant to study how certain proteins ‘trick’ bacteria into killing themselves
Throughout the next four years, researchers at the Indiana University Northwest School of Medicine in Gary will use a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to explore how a group of proteins within the body employ a “molecular trick” that causes bacteria to destroy itself. The grant, awarded recently to principal investigator Roman Dziarski… Read more »
Innovate Indiana’s Kirk White bears torch of Hoosier State’s bicentennial
Tuesday saw the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay wind its way through Monroe County, the city of Bloomington and onto the Indiana University campus itself. And among those bearing the enduring flame of the Hoosier State was Innovate Indiana’s own Kirk White, who serves as IU’s military liaison and assistant vice president of strategic partnerships. White… Read more »
Nobel laureate Robert J. Lefkowitz to receive CTSI’s Watanabe Prize in Translational Research on Friday
It’s time once again for the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute’s annual meeting and Watanabe Prize Lecture, set this year for Friday, Sept. 23 at Hine Hall, located at 875 W. North St. on the IUPUI campus. This year marks the eighth annual meeting and third awarding of the Watanabe Prize in Translational Research,… Read more »
IPFW, Indiana National Guard launch innovative leadership partner program
It’s being called the first collaboration of its kind in Indiana — one that brings higher education and the military together to grow student skills ranging from leadership, ethical behavior and civic engagement to cultural awareness, critical thinking and problem solving. Announced earlier this fall, the partnership between Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and the… Read more »
The Shared Drive has new, temporary home after Kokomo tornado outbreak
The Shared Drive is back in business — in temporary quarters for now — after an Aug. 24 tornado outbreak in Kokomo heavily damaged the co-working space housed with Inventrek Technology Park. Now at 1763 E. Lincoln Road, The Shared Drive is one of six Inventrek tenants that have relocated to a commercial office building… Read more »
Global expert on GI microbes to be honored Tuesday with IU School of Medicine’s Steven C. Beering Award
The IU School of Medicine will bestow its Steven C. Beering Award for the advancement of biomedical/clinical science on Sept. 20 to Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon, who is director for the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. The ceremony and a subsequent lecture by Beering is scheduled for… Read more »
Friday deadline looms for applications to B-Start entrepreneurship program
Applications to participate in B-Start, a pre-accelerator program for early-stage technology companies that are run by Indiana University Bloomington and Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington students, are due Friday. Launched by the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. and supported in part by Innovate Indiana, B-Start involves sessions that begin Sept. 28 and continue throughout the fall… Read more »
2016 Gill Symposium and Award Ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 12
The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science will hold its 2016 Symposium and Award Ceremony starting at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union on the IU Bloomington campus. This year’s keynote speaker is Hugo J. Bellen, professor of developmental biology and molecular and human genetics at… Read more »