UniBloom, a concept for a mobile app that uses games and contests to promote improved health and fitness in the workplace, won top prize at the seventh annual Startup Weekend Bloomington event held at IU’s Cyberinfrastructure Building. Team members Joshua Hobbs, Mark Meyer-Malia and Roy Solomma earned several prizes that include a fall 2017 spot… Read more »
Tag: Technology Transfer
PROFILE: DinnerCall mobile app, developed with backing from Innovate Indiana Fund, stands poised to place supermarkets on equal ground with fast food chains and restaurants
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — To see the business opportunity that Indiana University startup professor Gerry Hays seeks to capitalize on, just take a short stroll in your local grocer’s deli – say around 8 or 9 p.m. Slide past the bananas, the tomatoes, the shrink-wrapped potatoes – and saunter up close to the main counter where… Read more »
Three days of innovation set for CIB as Startup Weekend begins Friday
The Cyberinfrastructure Building at IU Bloomington will serve as center stage for three days of concepts, creativity — and quite possibly the seeds of a new startup company — as Startup Weekend starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday and runs until 9 p.m. Sunday. Innovate Indiana serves as a signature sponsor for the 54-hour event, which… Read more »
Gard, Armstrong to play key roles in upcoming economic engagement session at APLU annual meeting
Technology transfer is no longer the sole focus of a university’s economic development strategy. These days, institutions of higher learning are placing a similar emphasis on improving the technical talents of their graduates to meet the needs of employers and initiatives that improve the surrounding region’s overall quality of place. On… Read more »
Three IU economic development programs recognized by UEDA during annual summit in Roanoke, Va.
Three IU economic development programs were recognized on Oct. 18 during the University Economic Development Association’s (UEDA) Annual Summit in Roanoke, Va. Among 20 finalists for UEDA’s Awards of Excellence was IU Bloomington, which was selected for its partnership with the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. to launch the B-Start pre-accelerator. B-Start seeks to provide entrepreneurial… Read more »
IU-backed startup appoints Steve Carchedi as new president and CEO
The month of October brought a flurry of events to ApeX Pharmaceuticals, a company co-founded by the IU School of Medicine’s Mark R. Kelley to develop novel compounds for cancer treatment. On Oct. 10, the company announced the appointment of Steve Carchedi as president and CEO. Formerly CEO of Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals, a biotech firm that… Read more »
Applied Research Institute to be world-class, model for other states, says state’s top innovation officer
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »