Nearly 150 senior university representatives from across the country got a tour of Indianapolis’ Near East Side and the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus during a Nov. 16 tour hosted by Innovate Indiana and IUPUI. The officials were in town to attend the 128th annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, which… Read more »

The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology is no more — in name only, that is. Under its new moniker, the Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research (JCITR), the center has expanded its mission of assisting efforts to commercialize marketable innovations in biotechnology — or other fields within the College of Arts and Sciences… Read more »

For the next three years, Innovate Indiana’s David Gard will serve a key leadership role within the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities‘ (APLU) Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity (CICEP). As CICEP’s secretary, Gard will work closely with CICEP’s incoming chair, University of California at San Diego chancellor Pradeep Khosla, in setting and… Read more »

As more than 1,250 university officials converge on Indianapolis on Nov. 15-17 for the 128th annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, about 150 select members will take a special tour hosted by Innovate Indiana and IUPUI. On Monday afternoon (Nov. 16), 150 senior university representatives will board buses and travel to… Read more »

Dr. David Wilkes, who recently became dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine after serving as former associate vice president for research and executive associate dean for research affairs at Indiana University School of Medicine, is one of the latest recipients of the President’s Medal of Excellence at IU. The President’s Medal is… Read more »

Last fall, economists with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business were optimistic that 2015 might be the nation’s best economic year since the Great Recession of 2008. Not so much, it turned out. Despite indications that post-recession growth might exceed a “2 percent slog,” unfavorable international conditions and revised 2013-14 data from the Bureau of… Read more »

Aspiring entrepreneurs from the Bloomington area will convene at IU’s Cyberinfrastructure Building at 6 p.m. Friday for a three-day event known as Startup Weekend, where they will learn the basics about launching a promising company. Sponsored in part by Innovate Indiana and the Innovate Indiana Fund, the conference is in its sixth year of providing… Read more »

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 »

At the University Economic Development Association’s (UEDA) annual summit, held recently in Anchorage, Alaska, IU Kokomo Chancellor Susan Sciame-Giesecke was elected to the organization’s Board of Directors. As IU-Kokomo’s seventh chancellor, Sciame-Giesecke has played a leading role in regional partnerships involving education, business and economic growth and research. This includes facilitating discussions for the development… Read more »

The Economic Development Administration, an arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has awarded a two-year, $499,977 grant to the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) to further develop StatsAmerica.org — a popular tool used by economic developers, city planners and researchers. Part of IU’s Kelley School of Business, IBRC will maintain and expand StatsAmerica’s databases… Read more »