Grand Challenges at IU Bloomington, a town hall meeting to address research initiatives at IU-Bloomington, is scheduled from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday (May 11) at Whittenberger Auditorium. “Grand Challenges” are problems whose scope spans institutional and disciplinary boundaries, whose solutions require new knowledge, new tools and new treatments. The coordinated pursuit of “grand challenges” is a… Read more »
Entries by Bill W. Hornaday
Regenstrief Institute wins special recognition for health tech at 16th annual Mira Awards
The Regenstrief Institute was recognized for “special contributions to health technology” Saturday during TechPoint’s 16th annual Mira Award ceremonies. The Institute was established by philanthropist Sam Regenstrief on the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis campus in 1969 and works closely with the IU School of Medicine and Wishard-Eskenazi Health. It is a internationally respected informatics… Read more »
Innovate Indiana Fund analyst offers advice for women entrepreneurs in Inc. magazine
Gender gaps remain a persistent part of the business world and financing a new venture is no different. According to Inc. magazine, although more than one-third of U.S. businesses are women-owned, female CEOs secure less than 3 percent of all venture financing and only about 19 percent attract angel investments. For advice on how to… Read more »
SPEA grad students study tourism strategy, workforce needs, benefits of IU-based "rural center of excellence" in capstone project
Graduate students with IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs culminated a semester-long study of economic challenges in southwest central Indiana with a Tuesday presentation of their findings. Under the direction of visiting lecturer Frank Nierzwicki, students examined the benefits of creating a “rural center of excellence” at Indiana University, created a marketing strategy to… Read more »
Trustees approve IU-B engineering program; IU earns cyber designations from NSA, DHS
Efforts to launch an engineering program on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus recently were approved by IU’s Board of Trustees during its most recent meeting — a move that now places the program before the Indiana Commission for Higher Education for consideration. The program will be housed with the… Read more »
FundSponge and Merchant's Garden share $200,000 as co-winners of BEST competition
FundSponge, a company that helps small nonprofit organizations raise money as people shop online, and Merchant’s Garden, a model for bringing environmentally friendly, out-of-season produce to restaurants, groceries and homes in urban environments, are co-winners of IU Bloomington’s 2015 BEST competition. BEST is the world’s largest investment competition offered by a university to its students,… Read more »
Team presentations for IUPUI's Innovation-to-Enterprise program scheduled for Friday
Final team presentations for five student projects within IUPUI’s Innovation-to-Enterprise Commercialization (ITEC) program will take place Friday (April 24) in Room 3009 of the Business/School of Public and Environmental Affairs Building at 801 W. Michigan St. in Indianapolis. Created in 2011, ITEC is a student-centered, multidisciplinary, active-learning initiative that that combines research, entrepreneurial and business… Read more »
PrecisionHawk, NASA collaborate to develop air traffic control system for UAV operations
PrecisionHawk, an IU-funded venture that deploys unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect and analyze data for various commercial users, recently announced it is working with NASA to develop a traffic management system for such aircraft. Earlier this year, the company — which maintains part of its workforce in Noblesville and counts the Innovate Indiana Fund… Read more »
IU-funded app maker Haven introduces home maintenance assistant on Apple's iTunes store
Haven, an IU-funded developer of a mobile and Web application that helps homeowners maintain their property, launched its product Wednesday on Apple’s iTunes for iPhone users in the Indianapolis market. The tool uses a personalized, intuitive reminder and tracking system that alerts users to potential home maintenance issues before they occur — such as changing… Read more »
American manufacturing struggles are the focus of a new SPEA public policy initiative
Why has the United States lost much of its manufacturing base? What public policy and private sector steps would help industry? Why are some areas of U.S. manufacturing thriving, are others are in decline? These questions are the focus of a new public policy effort launched by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, with… Read more »