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Can New Orleans attract innovation? Institute argues yes • The Tulane Hullabaloo
Kimberly Gramm knows New Orleans is not Silicon Valley — at least not yet. But Gramm, head of Tulane University’s new Innovation Institute, said change is coming. Bringing new chances to the city’s traditionally tourist-centered economy, the Institute is pleading
8 Steps to Raising and Sustaining Gap Funds
A well-thought-out approach to raising a new or expanding an existing gap funding program is the most critical action to set up the initiative for future success.
Pitchbook: What are the best universities for startup founders?
Great entrepreneurs can come from anywhere, but some universities have a truly exceptional track record of producing future entrepreneurs. PitchBook’s annual university rankings compare schools by tallying up the number of alumni entrepreneurs who have founded venture capital-backed companies. The
Innovation fund expands to faculty, staff projects
The Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund, which supports universitywide carbon neutrality and climate action by funding select on-campus projects to reduce U-M’s environmental impact, is expanding to include faculty and staff projects. In the past, the fund has offered up
VT LAUNCH’s Proof-of-Concept Program seeks proposals, seeds larger opportunities
The Innovation and Partnership’s LAUNCH team in collaboration with Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (VTIP) is seeking proposals from Virginia Tech researchers for Proof-of-Concept grants designed to provide paths to market for research and technologies with the potential for significant societal and economic
Rowan Innovation Venture Fund backs tech startup, MRIMath, LLC
The Rowan Innovation Venture Fund has made a $200,000 investment into MRIMath, LLC, a Rowan University-affiliated startup that uses artificial intelligence to dramatically improve the detection of brain tumors—as much as three years earlier than the standard of care. The medical technology company
Hackensack Meridian Health Research Institute Accelerates Discovery and Innovation in NJ’s Largest Health Network
The Hackensack Meridian Health Research Institute (HMHRI) is accelerating scientific progress for patients across New Jersey. The HMHRI was formed this year to bring together all the many departments and areas of expertise across the state’s largest and most comprehensive health network,
Oregon State researchers take key step toward improving treatment of cystic fibrosis
PORTLAND, Oregon – Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have taken a key step toward improving and lengthening the lives of cystic fibrosis patients, who experience chronically clogged airways and a dramatically shortened life expectancy.
Greentown Labs, MIT, Texas Universities Reveal New Student Entrepreneurship Program
HOUSTON, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, today launched the Texas Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy (TEX-E), a first-of-a-kind collaboration among Greentown Labs, MIT’s Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, and universities across Texas to create a powerful student-driven entrepreneurship ecosystem in Houston,
Pitt Innovation Institute makes strides with patents, connection to UPMC Enterprises
Pitt’s Innovation Institute, now part of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, was formed nearly nine years ago, and yet Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Evan Facher says there are still people on campus who don’t know the institute