For now, development of an Applied Research Institute in southwest central Indiana is in its early stages, as military, academic and industry partners lay the groundwork for the collaborative facility funded by a $16.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. Once it is up and running, however, the institute’s ambitions are not to be just another… Read more »
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Critical need for collaboration in U.S. defense programs highlights inaugural Innovation Crossover event
DAY ONE: It may come as a surprise to most Americans, but gone are the days when the United States – and its military in particular – can claim sole ownership of the scientific and technological frontier. This message comes from no less an authority than Chris Fall, assistant director for defense programs with the… Read more »
Information sessions for Round Two of IU’s Grand Challenges research initiative scheduled for mid-October
Round Two of IU’s Grand Challenges program — a $300 million, multidisciplinary research effort to address “major and large-scale problems” faced by humanity — is now under way, with a Nov. 11 deadline fast approaching for scientific teams that wish to submit their preliminary proposals. For those who wish to learn more about the application… Read more »
IU improves its standing among world’s most innovative universities — now ranked 37th on Reuters list
When Reuters News launched its inaugural list of the world’s 100 most innovative universities in 2015, Indiana University managed to squeeze into the upper half, ranked 49th overall and 33rd among U.S. universities. Not too shabby from any perspective. Then this year’s list came out Wednesday. And IU moved up 12 more spots to No…. Read more »
Three career fairs/job expos set at IUPUI for the week of Sept. 26-30
Finding one’s career path in college is not easy — and navigating that path in a way that maximizes one’s credentials for prospective employers is more difficult still. That said, IUPUI offers three opportunities in the coming week for students to learn more about career paths, where their planned or ongoing studies fit within that… 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 »
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 »
Eskenazi Fine Arts Center to host unveiling of Indy Chamber’s newest economic development initiative
On Sept. 19, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will host a preview of the Indy Chamber’s upcoming economic development initiative with a speech by the Brookings Institution’s Amy Liu. The event will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Eskenazi Fine Arts Center at 1410 Indiana Ave. Liu, who serves as vice president and… Read more »
CREED members hear best practices in designing collaborative systems, details on $1 billion innovation plan
When it comes to best practices in collaboration and stakeholder engagement, it all comes down to “systemness.” So say members of the Columbus-based Community Education Coalition, which since 1997 has worked to build stronger links between education initiatives and economic development and, in turn, bolster the area’s workforce. At the latest meeting of Indiana University’s… Read more »
IU Health president/CEO discusses innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities presented by its Bloomington Medical Campus
The design phase of IU Health’s Bloomington Medical Campus is well under way, with groundbreaking projected for the second quarter of 2017 and about three years of construction to follow, IU Health President and CEO Dennis M. Murphy said Friday. But the impetus behind its construction, planned along 75 acres north of the Indiana 45/46… Read more »