Persons who want to learn more about legal issues that involve university technology transfers, the patenting process, clinical trials and similar issues can register to attend a Thursday, March 12 symposium at IU’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law on the campus of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. The school’s Center for Intellectual Property Law… Read more »
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IURTC, healthcare incubator MATTER hosts innovators and investors at Chicago event
The Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC), in collaboration with Chicago-based healthcare incubator MATTER, brought together university-based inventors of healthcare technologies, industry executives and potential investors Monday night at the Midwest University HealthTech Showcase. More than 250 people in all attended the event, which was hosted by MATTER at Chicago’s… Read more »
Innovation to solve social, economic dilemmas is the focus of IUPUI student pitch competition
The IUPUI University Library’s Lilly Auditorium will be the setting Friday, March 6, for the fourth annual Ideas Solving Social and Economic Challenges Idea Competition. Hosted by IUPUI’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Center for Research and Learning, the competition encourages individual students or teams to “pitch” new products or ventures…. Read more »
IU startup Arrhythmotech to showcase its research at NIH innovation conference in Ohio
Arrhythmotech LLC, an Indiana University startup company that is developing a new generation of cardio monitoring instruments, has been selected to make a poster presentation of its work on Wednesday, March 4, during the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Regional Innovation Conference-Midwest in Columbus, Ohio. NHLBI is a division of the National Institutes… Read more »
RED Fund Focus: Kokomo CEO program gives high schoolers entrepreneurial experience
KOKOMO — More than 100 business people recently gathered at Oakbrook Church for a half-day entrepreneurial conference. In every tangible way, it proceeded as if it were professionally managed. Yet the organizers were 14 high school students enrolled in a cutting-edge program known as Kokomo CEO, which stands for Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities. “The students did… Read more »
Indiana University's quarterly CREED meeting is set to convene March 4 at Kokomo campus
The first meeting of Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) to be held outside of Indianapolis will take place March 4 at IU’s Kokomo campus. CREED is an organization of representatives from each of IU’s 10 statewide campuses that seeks to enhance economic development by connecting IU creative and intellectual assets…. Read more »
IU expands its mission of innovation support by joining the National Academy of Inventors
Indiana University has joined a growing list of university and nonprofit research institutions that are members of the National Academy of Inventors, an organization that honors innovation, the researchers who enable it and efforts to better society through it. The academy also plays an economic development role, in part by serving as a liaison between… Read more »
Indiana University well represented among nominees for the 16th annual Mira Awards
The nominees for TechPoint’s 16th annual Mira Awards have been announced and several have Indiana University ties. Presented by BKD CPAs & Advisors, these awards recognize the top companies and individuals involved in technology innovation statewide. The exposure and prestige offered by the Miras serves as a powerful springboard for Hoosier entrepreneurs. Past winners have… Read more »