The 2019 Indiana Manufacturing Survey, released Oct. 16 and titled “Labor Shortages Hit Home,” finds companies across the state are reporting a serious shortage of skilled and unskilled laborers as they move rapidly toward smart manufacturing, known as “Industry 4.0.” Commissioned by Katz, Sapper & Miller, authored by faculty from Indiana University’s Kelley School of… Read more »
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Is your startup idea worth investigating?
Brandon Boynton is a current student at IUPUI and a serial entrepreneur. By Brandon Boynton, co-founder and CEO, Vemity Anyone who works in software — especially in mobile apps — will constantly hear, “Oh! I have an idea for an app/website! You build it, and we’ll split the profits 50/50!” First, ignoring the fact that… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine treatments for spinal muscular atrophy
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on combination therapies that could treat spinal muscular atrophy. The therapies were created by Dr. Elliot J. Androphy of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic neurological disorder that results from loss of function of cells in the spinal cord…. Read more »
Patent awarded for IU School of Medicine – new endovascular stent design might better treat disease
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on a stent design that could be assembled in a modular fashion to treat arterial or vascular disease. The inventor is Raghu L. Motaganahalli of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Endovascular stents can be delivered noninvasively to treat aneurysms, but traditional designs do not… Read more »
Patent awarded for IUPUI microinverter that requires less time to be secured to a solar panel
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on a microinverter designed at IUPUI that can be installed to a solar panel with a single fastener. The patent was awarded to Euzeli Cipriano dos Santos of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. Microinverters convert direct current from solar panels to… Read more »
Head of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s research division to speak at the Economic Club of Indiana’s Oct. 2 luncheon
Ursula Renold, head of the research division at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, will speak at the Economic Club of Indiana’s luncheon Wednesday, Oct. 2. The luncheon will begin at noon at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 S. Capitol Ave. Tickets for members of the Economic Club of Indiana are $30; tickets for nonmembers… Read more »
Patent awarded for IU Bloomington compounds to combat hepatitis B virus
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent on compounds discovered at Indiana University Bloomington that could have an effect against the hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis B (HBV) causes viral hepatitis that can further lead to chronic liver disease and increase the risk of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Worldwide, about 2 billion… Read more »
Cash Equals Opportunities: IU East student innovation for personal finance
By Timothy W. Scales, senior lecturer, School of Business and Economics, Indiana University East At Indiana University East, we like to talk about money. We discuss many things concerning money: how to get it, how to invest it and how to save it. Money is such an interesting topic that three students created a way… Read more »
CDFI Friendly Bloomington hires inaugural executive director
CDFI Friendly Bloomington, an innovative new organization focused on increasing access to flexible, affordable financing for community development, has hired Brian Payne as executive director. In this role, Payne will help community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, invest in affordable and workforce housing, small-business growth, and new community facilities in Bloomington, Monroe County and southwest-central… Read more »
Former U.S. director of national intelligence to speak at the Economic Club of Indiana’s Sept. 24 luncheon
Dan Coats, former United States director of national intelligence, will speak at the Economic Club of Indiana’s luncheon Tuesday, Sept. 24. The luncheon will begin at noon at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 S. Capitol Ave. Tickets for members of the Economic Club of Indiana are $30; tickets for nonmembers are $35. They can be… Read more »