Ten years ago, Ravi Bhatt considered his college town of Bloomington, Ind., when he was deciding where to locate his promising new business venture. He loved Bloomington, and equally adored his alma mater, Indiana University. In the end, though, he chose Chicago, believing that the Windy City offered the best mix of talent, infrastructure and,… Read more »
B-Start, a pre-accelerator and mentorship program for startup companies founded and operated by students from Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College, will hold a Demo Day for its nine participating teams Thursday (Jan. 11) at IU’s Cyberinfrastructure Building at 2709 E. Tenth St. in Bloomington. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. and will feature… Read more »
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 »
A look back at several key economic development and engagement initiatives carried out by IU throughout 2016 will be the focus of the year’s final Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) meeting set for Wednesday, Nov. 2 at IUPUI’s University Hall. Activities under review include the Steward of Place program at IU Kokomo… Read more »
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 »
Some of Indiana University’s brightest minds in informatics and computing will come together Sept. 8-9 at IU’s Cyberinfrastructure Building for Research Horizons. This inaugural event, designed to spark conversations on how research drives innovation, is chocked full of seminars on topics that range from artificial intelligence, security and bioinformatics to big data, programming languages and… Read more »
Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) — a university-wide group that addresses regional economic issues throughout the Hoosier state — will welcome three new members when its next meeting takes place Aug. 24 at IUPUI. Representing IU East will be Robert Mulligan, incoming dean of… Read more »
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. ranked #43 among worldwide educational organizations in receiving patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2015. According to the report “Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2015,” IURTC was issued 47 patents. This represents a year-over-year jump of 43 spots, as IURTC ranked 86th,… Read more »
IURTC President and CEO Tony Armstrong has written an article for Xconomy.com, which covers business, life sciences and technology news around the nation. Armstrong is one of the Xconomists in Indiana. You can read his article, “3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation” here.
High-tech entrepreneurs who create intellectual property as graduate or undergraduate students in the Indiana University campus system are impacting the state’s economic development by launching businesses, creating jobs and providing solutions to clients across several sectors. Tony Armstrong, president and CEO of the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., said the trend of IU students commercializing… Read more »
