By Travis J. Brown, senior executive assistant dean, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington As with all student interests, innovation and entrepreneurship must be encouraged and supported. Indiana University is one of the world’s foremost research institutions, and there are thousands of intelligent students with groundbreaking ideas. By supporting those students and… Read more »

By Lou Lenzi, professor of practice, School of Informatics and Computing, IUPUI Nearly every industry vertical, from the manufacture of hard goods to the delivery of services, is experiencing an upheaval of its traditional business models. New technologies, global competition, increasing environmental awareness and shifting demographics are but a few of the causes driving this… Read more »

By Nathan J. Alves, CEO and co-founder, Indiana Lysis Technologies LLC; assistant professor, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty, staff and students at Indiana University campuses and academic centers who seek to develop long-lasting, valuable partnerships across academia and industry should look into the annual BIO International Convention. I highly recommend… Read more »

A small team of researchers at Indiana University has created the first global map of labor flow in collaboration with the world’s largest professional social network, LinkedIn. The work is reported in the journal Nature Communications. The study’s lead authors are Jaehyuk Park and Ian Wood, Ph.D. students working with Yong Yeol “Y.Y.” Ahn, a professor at… Read more »

    By Ashley Hungate, Management Performance Hub The Indiana Data Partnership is launching to empower collaboration among government, nonprofit and private-sector entities to drive positive change in key challenges impacting Hoosiers. IDP is an enhancement to the Indiana state government’s Management Performance Hub, which provides data analytics solutions tailored to address management and policy questions,… Read more »

By Teri Willey, executive director, IU Ventures and fund manager, Indiana Philanthropic Venture Fund I am pleased to report that in Q2 2019, we have added two more companies to our portfolio. MBX Biosciences is a therapeutics company founded by serial entrepreneurs Kent Hawryluk, who received the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the School of… Read more »

By Nasser H. Paydar, chancellor, IUPUI, executive vice president, Indiana University It was a pleasure and an honor to serve as president of The Economic Club of Indiana this past year. We welcomed a thought-provoking lineup of speakers to Indianapolis, including Tom Bell, president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America; Deborah Berke, dean of the… Read more »

Brandon Boynton is a current student at IUPUI and serial entrepreneur. This is the final post in a series about the lessons he’s learned as a startup founder. By Brandon Boynton, CEO, Vemity 8. Catastrophic failure is not that big of a deal. After putting a lot of time — and a lot of money… Read more »

Brandon Boynton is a current student at IUPUI and serial entrepreneur. This post is one in a series about the lessons he’s learned as a startup founder. By Brandon Boynton, CEO, Vemity 7. Don’t get caught up in your daydreaming. If you are anything like me, the thought of a successful startup exit through a… Read more »

Brandon Boynton is a current student at IUPUI and serial entrepreneur. This post is one in a series about the lessons he’s learned as a startup founder. By Brandon Boynton, CEO, Vemity 6. There is no substitute for hard work. This is something we hear a lot: Harder work equates greater success. Many scoff at… Read more »