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 »
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IURTC’s Tony Armstrong writes about innovation in Indiana for Xconomy.com
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.
IU students build high-tech startups from their own IP, receive early support from university
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 »
IURTC announces promotions in tech transfer, commercialization and general counsel
Officials at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. have announced promotions for personnel in its technology transfer, commercialization and legal departments. Dave Wilhite has been named director of technology commercialization. He previously had been the assistant director. His duties include analyzing disclosed faculty inventions, managing the technology commercialization process, overseeing negotiations of licenses, administering outreach… Read more »
IU ranked among world's 50 most innovative universities, based on patent, publishing data
According to a Reuters News analysis of patent and publishing data from hundreds of research institutions around the globe between 2008 and 2013, Indiana University ranks among the world’s 50 most innovative universities. IU placed 49th in the list of Top 100 World’s Most Innovative Universities and 33rd among U.S. universities. Twelve of the Top 100, including… Read more »
IU Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development set to meet Nov. 4
The final quarterly meeting of 2015 for Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) is set for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 4) at Room 1006 of University Hall on the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis campus. Scheduled presentations include: An overview of IU’s Grand Challenges initiative by Fred H. Cate, IU’s vice… Read more »
Armstrong and Cate discuss record IU patent issues on Inside Indiana Business segment
During the 2015 fiscal year, Indiana University set a school record with 183 U.S. and foreign patents issued. In terms of economic development, startup businesses based on IU-licensed technologies generated an estimated $100 million, while IU grossed more than $6.8 million in royalty income. Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. President and CEO Tony Armstrong,… Read more »
OVPE settles into new campus headquarters on the fifth floor of IUPUI's University Hall
University Hall on the campus of IUPUI is now the new home base for IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement. The move, which took effect July 2, puts OVPE within close proximity to other key IU administrators, IUPUI researchers and unifies more of the OVPE team under one roof. Prior to the relocation,… Read more »
IU delegation travels to Fort Wayne to tour $20 million Mirro Center for Research & Innovation
Back in May, the $20 million Mirro Center for Research and Innovation at Fort Wayne’s Parkview Regional Medical Center — funded in part by a $1 million donation by the Mirro Family Foundation — opened its doors. On Monday, a seven-member delegation hosted by Dr. Michael J. Mirro, an IU trustee and medical director of… Read more »
IU study finds that academia, compared to other sectors, has generated largest increase in women-filed patents since the mid-1970s
A recently published study by an Indiana University scholar found that since 1976, the number of women who have filed patents with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office has risen faster within academia as opposed to other economic sectors such as industry, government and individual inventors. The analysis, led by associate professor Cassidy R. Sugimoto… Read more »