As issues involving national security and cybersecurity increasingly intersect, both university and military researchers share increasingly common ground. To maximize the benefits of work from both areas of expertise, IU’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR) and Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane entered a two-year agreement to collaborate in addressing the ever-increasing challenges involved in cybersecurity…. Read more »
Entries by Bill W. Hornaday
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence proposes a $1 billion plan to enhance innovation, entrepreneurship
Investment to boost innovation and entrepreneurship not only is a strategic priority of Indiana University and its Innovate Indiana initiative. It is a priority for Indiana itself. Such was evidenced Thursday when Indiana Gov. Mike Pence annnounced a $1 billion plan to enhance innovation and entrepreneurship statewide over the next decade. The plan was unveiled… Read more »
IU, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane to collaborate on improving durability of naval electronics through $450,000 research grant
Research collaboration between Indiana University and Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane continues to bear fruit, as evidenced with Wednesday’s announcement of a $450,000 grant to be used toward improving the durability of electronics used in a range of critical U.S. Navy systems. David Crandall, a professor at IU’s School of Informatics and Computing, received the grant… Read more »
An aerial data services company backed by the Innovate Indiana Fund is named of the world’s most promising tech pioneers for 2016
Google. Twitter. Spotify. Mozilla. Dropbox. Airbnb. The Wikimedia Foundation. Each of these names — easily recognizable in the information age that is the 21st century — has been recognized by the World Economic Forum in one year or another as one of the world’s 30 most promising technology pioneers. These are companies that, in the… Read more »
NSF-funded projects will aid STEM education at IUB and bring I-Light to regional campuses
Within the past month, a pair of National Science Foundation-funded initiatives have been announced — one at IU Bloomington, the other targeting IU’s regional campuses — that will respectively boost efforts to improve STEM education and advance research efforts at a statewide level. The former project, known as TRESTLE — or Transforming Education, Stimulating Teaching… Read more »
Innovate Indiana’s Kirk White is selected for state’s upcoming Bicenntennial Torch Relay
More than 2,000 people were named Thursday to serve as torchbearers for the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay set for September and October throughout the Hoosier State. And Kirk White is one of them. White, who serves as assistant vice president for strategic partnerships and military liaison for Indiana University, will join 16 other representatives from… Read more »
IU Northwest taps Purdue-North Central dean to lead its School of Business and Economics
Cynthia Roberts, who served in numerous administrative roles at Purdue University’s North Central campus in Westville for the past 16 years, will become dean of Indiana University Northwest’s School of Business and Economics effective Aug. 1. During her tenure at Purdue-North Central, Roberts chaired its Department of Business and Leadership, directed its MBA program and… Read more »
Externships, internships and other real-life work exposure leads to opportunities, jobs for students at three of IU's regional campuses
During Innovate Indiana’s recent Education-to-Employment (E2E) Convergence event, educators and employers alike extolled the virtues of gaining real-time job experience while in school and the role that such programs play in securing employment upon graduation. One such pathway involves externships, which allow students to shadow experienced workers on the job and at times offer limited… 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 »
Indiana Entrepreneurship Week set for June 19-25, with events scheduled throughout state
For the second year, Indiana Entrepreneurship Week will be observed throughout the Hoosier State, with more than 50 events scheduled throughout the week of June 19-25 in more than 20 cities. Launched in 2015 by the state’s Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, this event showcases top entrepreneurial talent, promotes entrepreneurship as a profession and… Read more »