When you think of community economic development, do you immediately think about clusters and the creative class? Everything in Its Place: Entrepreneurship and the Strategic Management of Cities, Regions, and States, a new book by Indiana University professor David Audretsch, argues for a more holistic and systematic approach to thinking about economies of place. Written… Read more »
Tag: IU-Bloomington
IU Bloomington research team wins $25K for LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge proposal
A team of researchers from the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research led by IU Bloomington assistant professor Yong-Youl “Y.Y.” Ahn was recently named as one of 11 winners of the LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge. Along with a $25,000 prize, the team traveled to LinkedIn’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., for a tour and… Read more »
IU campuses encouraged to submit RED Fund economic development proposals by June 5
If your organization has an economic development-related project or initiative in mind, requires funding and is based at one of IU’s regional campuses, the RED Fund can offer valuable financial support. Administered by Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED), the Regional Economic Development (RED) Fund provides cost-matching grants of up to… Read more »
Town hall meeting to address IU-B research challenges set for Whittenberger Auditorium
Grand Challenges at IU Bloomington, a town hall meeting to address research initiatives at IU-Bloomington, is scheduled from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday (May 11) at Whittenberger Auditorium. “Grand Challenges” are problems whose scope spans institutional and disciplinary boundaries, whose solutions require new knowledge, new tools and new treatments. The coordinated pursuit of “grand challenges” is a… Read more »
IU students present design concepts for rehab of Bloomington's Dimension Mill building
Indoor parking bays for food trucks. Work stations that swing from the ceiling. Conference rooms that resemble birds’ nests. Those were some of the ideas recently pitched by students from an interior design studio within Indiana University’s Department of Apparel Merchandising & Interior Design, who were issued this challenge: How would you transform a historic… Read more »
SPEA grad students study tourism strategy, workforce needs, benefits of IU-based "rural center of excellence" in capstone project
Graduate students with IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs culminated a semester-long study of economic challenges in southwest central Indiana with a Tuesday presentation of their findings. Under the direction of visiting lecturer Frank Nierzwicki, students examined the benefits of creating a “rural center of excellence” at Indiana University, created a marketing strategy to… Read more »
Trustees approve IU-B engineering program; IU earns cyber designations from NSA, DHS
Efforts to launch an engineering program on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus recently were approved by IU’s Board of Trustees during its most recent meeting — a move that now places the program before the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for consideration. The program will be housed with the… Read more »
FundSponge and Merchant's Garden share $200,000 as co-winners of BEST competition
FundSponge, a company that helps small nonprofit organizations raise money as people shop online, and Merchant’s Garden, a model for bringing environmentally friendly, out-of-season produce to restaurants, groceries and homes in urban environments, are co-winners of IU Bloomington’s 2015 BEST competition. BEST is the world’s largest investment competition offered by a university to its students,… Read more »
IU-funded app maker Haven introduces home maintenance assistant on Apple's iTunes store
Haven, an IU-funded developer of a mobile and Web application that helps homeowners maintain their property, launched its product Wednesday on Apple’s iTunes for iPhone users in the Indianapolis market. The tool uses a personalized, intuitive reminder and tracking system that alerts users to potential home maintenance issues before they occur — such as changing… Read more »
American manufacturing struggles are the focus of a new SPEA public policy initiative
Why has the United States lost much of its manufacturing base? What public policy and private sector steps would help industry? Why are some areas of U.S. manufacturing thriving, are others are in decline? These questions are the focus of a new public policy effort launched by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, with… Read more »