Heading into Thanksgiving week, Indiana University is seeing a cornucopia of major developments on the innovation front. Here’s a sampling of several recent advancements, which reflect how IU and its partners are furthering a collective innovation culture across Indiana. Furthering the IU-Crane connection. Earlier this week, at a signing event that included IU President Pamela… Read more »
At its first quarterly meeting of 2017, Indiana University’s Council of Regional Engagement and Economic Development heard briefings on efforts to develop and retain skilled labor in Indiana’s workforce, details about IU’s upcoming Bicentennial celebration and changes planned for its third annual E2E Convergence event. The vice president of Ascend Indiana, Sally Reasoner, discussed her… Read more »
IU’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) will hear an overview of Ascend Indiana — an initiative that identifies industry needs, links workers with training programs and funnels trainees to employers — during a quarterly meeting Wednesday at IUPUI’s University Hall. Additional presentations will include an overview of economic engagement activities at the… Read more »
Assembly Biosciences Inc., a Carmel-based biotech company with numerous ties to Indiana University and the Hoosier State — has successfully completed part of a Phase I study for a lead drug being developed to treat chronic cases of hepatitis B. The opening half of the study evaluated the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (studies of how… Read more »
Nominees for TechPoint’s 18th annual Mira Awards were recently revealed, with half of the 180 applications received advancing in this year’s competition. The Miras honor the “Best of Tech” throughout Indiana and many of the nominees — as one might well imagine — have Indiana University ties. One such company, nominated for Innovation of the… Read more »
Indianapolis is one of five cities recently awarded Readiness Challenge Grants from the Smart Cities Council — a development that paves the way for each city to use smart technologies to boost local innovation, inclusion and investment activities. The Circle City joins Austin, Miami, Orlando and Philadelphia as grant winners, emerging from a pool of… Read more »
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Some say it’s lazy. Others call it a time-kill. Either way, there’s an unmistakable truth that spans generations of college students – one that Indiana University senior Zachary Burr hopes to capitalize upon. “We hate doing laundry. The physical task of washing, drying and folding clothes takes several hours out of your… Read more »
A recent participant in the B-Start pre-accelerator for student-run businesses, IU entrepreneurship and international business major Wes Wagner, wrote an article outlining key lessons he took from four-month mentorship program offered by the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. Among the topics he addressed were time management, coping with “burnout,” using motivation to complete more work and… Read more »
A recent New York Times article offered the nation, in fact the world, an overview of something that Hoosiers have known for several years now — that Indianapolis is more than a manufacturing center and is taking its place as a technology center. Just a few examples cited in the story included: The expansion of… Read more »
A drone mapping and aerial data services company that counts the Innovate Indiana Fund as a key financial backer has made a switch at CEO as it prepares for rapid growth both domestically and abroad. According to TechCrunch, Blackboard Inc. co-founder Michael Chasen is taking the reins at the Raleigh, N.C.-based PrecisionHawk, which employs at… Read more »
