Since 1974, the President’s Award for Teaching has recognized 125 IU educators for outstanding teaching, research or service throughout IU’s campuses statewide. As an award for distinguished teaching, it honors top faculty, their commitment to students’ education and their devotion to the university’s fundamental mission of educational and research excellence. When it comes to… Read more »
Tag: Technology Transfer
Report from China: Marie Kerbeshian of IURTC speaks at all-day workshop in Fuzhou, Fujian Province about technology transfer
Marie Kerbeshian, vice president of technology commercialization at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., is leading workshops and speaking at international conferences April 14-29 in China. She shares her thoughts about her second stop: Fuzhou, Fujian Province, where she is speaking at an International Technology Transfer Network (ITTN) workshop. Our training sessions are taking place in a… Read more »
Report from China: Marie Kerbeshian of IURTC to speak about technology transfer at a conference in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
Marie Kerbeshian, vice president of technology commercialization at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., is leading workshops and speaking at international conferences April 14-29 in China. She shares her thoughts about her first stop: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, where she is speaking at the 14th China International Talent Exchange Conference. Shenzhen is a very young city. It was… Read more »
IURTC's senior technology manager speaks on WGN's "The Opening Bell" about IU tech
Jennifer Finefield, senior technology manager at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., attended the second annual Midwest University HealthTech Showcase in Chicago on Monday, April 11. She spoke with Steve Grzanich, host of WGN radio’s “The Opening Bell,” about the event and the IU-related startups and technologies that were presented. “A lot of times when… Read more »
IURTC technology commercialization official traveling to China for conferences, networking
Marie Kerbeshian, vice president of technology commercialization at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., will lead workshops and speak at international conferences April 14 to 29 in China. Kerbeshian said the visit will strengthen relationships already developed between Indiana University and China. “IURTC is exploring ways for Chinese companies to assist the startups in our… Read more »
IU technologies to be showcased in Chicago for venture capitalists and industry leaders
Leaders of private equity, investment banking, venture capital, angel investment, biopharmaceutical and medical-device organizations will attend a private showcase in Chicago of more than 40 top healthcare technologies discovered at Indiana University and other leading research institutions in the Midwest. The second annual Midwest University HealthTech Showcase will be 6 to 9 p.m. CDT Monday,… Read more »
MOYNIHAN: How technology transfer office websites can better serve their stakeholders
On March 30, I will be leading a webinar detailing “Tips for Managing TTO Website Design, Content & Maintenance” for fellow technology transfer professionals across the country, hosted by the Association of University Technology Managers. This focus comes at a great point for Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., as we are currently in the… Read more »
National Kidney Month: biologist develops treatments for polycystic kidney disease
A biologist in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is developing treatments for polycystic kidney disease, which affects between one in 400 and one in 1,000 people worldwide. Bonnie Blazer-Yost, professor of biology, said the disease equally affects people across gender, race and ethnicity. It can dramatically change the kidneys’ appearance and… Read more »
McROBBIE: Indiana Biosciences Research Institute is positioned to drive a new wave of medical innovation and economic prosperity
The decision by Lilly Endowment and the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation, announced two weeks ago, to pledge a combined $100 million to further the development of the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute is the latest evidence of the extraordinary commitment by many of the state’s leading institutions to making Indiana a hotbed of research aimed… Read more »
McRobbie, Stephan take part in discussion on how $42 million in Lilly Endowment grants can boost southwest central Indiana's economy
The anticipated impact of $42 million in educational and economic development grants recently awarded by the Lilly Endowment toward initiatives in southwest central Indiana was readily apparent in Odon on Friday, March 4. At WestGate Academy, adjacent to Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, a collection of state and regional leaders that included IU President Michael… Read more »