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 »
Tag: Life Sciences
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 »
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 »
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 »
Tornado takes its toll on Inventrek Technology Park; facility to be closed at least 4 to 5 months for repairs
When an tornado outbreak laid siege to Kokomo last Wednesday, about 200 people took refuge inside Inventrek Technology Park when the building was hit — and all emerged unharmed. However, the 98,000-square-foot facility — which hosts about 26 companies, Ivy Tech Kokomo’s nursing and health science programs and The Shared Drive co-working space — sustained… 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 »
Initiative aimed at producing patient-centered medicinal therapies wins first round of $300 million Grand Challenges research funding
The Precision Health Initiative, a broad-reaching proposal to develop patient-centered medicinal therapies, was announced Monday as the first funding recipient of Indiana University’s $300 million Grand Challenges Program. Led by Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs and IU School of Medicine Executive Associate Dean for Research Affairs Anantha Shekhar, the initiative will seek to cure… Read more »
Second annual E2E Convergence takes an in-depth look at higher ed, industry practices to bridge the "skills gap" throughout Indiana
Since 2013, the state of Indiana has added more than 140,000 jobs. That’s a good story to tell, said former Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann — but there’s a catch. “The tough part about that if you’re the employer … is you know how difficult it now is to find employees,” Ellspermann said. “That’s the… Read more »
STEPHAN: Indiana must act now to expand its technically oriented workforce to remain a key player in the health and life sciences industry
As the demand for education-intensive jobs continues to grow in a technology-driven world, skills development within Indiana’s health and life sciences sector requires specific attention. This is the major finding of a recently released report conducted for BioCrossroads by TEConomy Partners, in which I took part in a panel discussion. The panel was moderated by… Read more »