Sentences with phrase «of academic innovation»

From their inception in the late 1960s, Chicago's public magnet schools had a twin mandate: to provide the school system with targeted sites for racial integration and to promote centers of academic innovation and distinction.

«The scope of new thinking and new products represented by the NAI Charter Fellows is a profound example of the power of academic innovation and invention,» said Todd Sherer, president of AUTM and associate vice president for research administration at Emory University, an NAI member institution.

RCT named the foundation in honor of the university professor and inventor who championed the transfer of academic innovation to public use (see sidebar).

Not exact matches

Vivek Wadhwa is vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University; a fellow at the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University; director of research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization and exec in residence at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting scholar at the Halle Institute of Global Learning at Emory University.

According to the study, authored by Vivek Wadhwa, an Indian - American entrepreneur and academic, who is currently vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University, the proportion of immigrant - founded companies across the country has fallen nearly 4 % in the past seven years.

If we haven't yet, perhaps it's because we allow talk of an «innovation agenda» to reside in the realm of academic abstracts.

The labs of large, multinational companies and academic research efforts at major universities or governments are great at churning out innovations that become the basis for startups.

Coming back to the broader issue of data innovation, it is interesting to note that dataset merges have been behind a growing number of important academic studies and research findings in recent years.

The Forum, a group of corporate CEOs and university presidents, identified and acted on issues of national concern to the business and academic communities such as international competitiveness, technological innovation, and education and training.

Lately, the sheer volume of buybacks has prompted complaints among academics, politicians and investors that massive stock repurchases are stifling innovation and hurting U.S. competitiveness — and contributing to widening income inequality by rewarding executives with ever higher pay, often divorced from a company's underlying performance.

We offer a unique environment of collaboration where R&D, academic institutions and industry form a powerful innovation ecosystem.

To ensure its market position is not threatened, one of the sector's largest firms, Deutsche Post DHL Group, has opened innovation centers in Germany and Singapore to collaborate with customers, experts and academics on new solutions.

Curricular innovation — the heart of a dynamic business school — requires a variety of investments in program development to maximize the intellectual capital generated throughout the University's academic community.

The ATX Aging & Innovation Summit will include entrepreneurs, academics, practitioners and investors who will talk about trends and showcase some of the most significant innovations in the aging / tech space.

Smart Mobility Panel Featuring thought leaders in transportation and urban planning, Onramp's panel discussion will focus on the intersection of public, private and academic collaboration when it comes to the future of driving innovation.

Our expanding network of collaborators includes knowledge experts, thought leaders, academics, experienced industry executives, successful entrepreneurs, public sector leaders, Brookfield Senior Fellows and Fellows who are prominent members of the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

The past half century or more has been a period of both confusion and daring innovation in the world of academic theology, with various great thinkers trying to work out new theological systems.

A dedicated number of academic partners combined with major French Agro-Industries aims to accelerate innovation and boost market uptake of plant based proteins, whilst fostering radical innovation through research and development.

USDA's Agricultural Research Service supports innovation by conducting, often in collaboration with industry and academic partners, research on new technologies for reducing spoilage of fresh foods and the development of new products from waste materials at food processing facilities.

Together with our network of qualified physicians, affiliated academic institutions and hospitals, and dedicated community partners we continue to build upon our rich tradition of health care innovation, leadership, charity and the highest standard of care and service for all.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School's mission · Develop a unique perspective and vision of the future · Academic innovation drives business success · Develop people who achieve their career potential through making a difference in their organisation · Driving success through personal development · Take university education in imaginative new directions · Develop people who are confident and inspired in their management practice

With neurological disorders affecting approximately one - third of the U.S. population, and pharmaceutical firms largely abandoning their R&D efforts in neuroscience, the work of academic research institutions such as CSHL is crucial in the effort to drive innovation and discovery in this field.»

As neurological disorders affect approximately one - third of the U.S. population, and pharmaceutical firms are largely abandoning their research and development efforts in neuroscience, the work of academic research institutions is crucial in the effort to drive innovation and discovery in this field.

In this year's state - of - the - state speech, the governor proposed promoting training and innovation within colleges and encouraging collaboration among academics, private firms and investors.

They collaborate with each other, and academics, in what Alain Kaloyeros, architect of the approach, calls «innovation hubs.»

As hubs of research and innovation, academic institutions must contribute to the attainment of self - reliance by refining and concretize the notion and relevance of self - reliance itself in the areas of peace, security, and governance,» he added.

And actually in academia, you know, there are — I don't think there's one really good academic journal in China, for example, because it's so corrupt right now and so, you know, whether without a, you know, free flow of information exchange of ideas, if everyone is always being careful about what they say, you know, in a kind of environment like that really faster innovation, real research and development, China hasn't been able to show that yet.

He then opened a consulting firm, EED Inc., to advise industry, government and academic institutions on the management of technology, research and innovation, according to the family statement.

With governments pushing for innovations to bolster economies and universitites eager to make money off of technology transfer, academic scientists are increasingly considering how to commercialize their research discoveries — and others are studying what makes such entrepreneurship flourish.

Accompanying these macroeconomic factors, changes such as the push to interdisciplinary and translational research, as well as the addition of innovation and technology transfer to the research and teaching remits of universities, are changing the nature and practice of academic research and of science - related jobs.

... Our analysis thus documents a key benefit of high - skilled immigration in the US, which relies on innovation for growth and helps to explain the vociferous complaints by US academic departments about visa restrictions on foreign graduate students.

In it they wrote that policymakers, regulators, financial and academic institutions, among others, as well as the industries themselves can be structurally adverse to innovation — a posture that is blocking ingenuity and technological advances and stunting economic growth in sectors that account for at least 50 % of the U.S. economy.

For every innovation that an academic thinks has market potential, there are seemingly endless ways of transferring that invention into a business.

Academics should understand that entrepreneurship is not cheap commercialization of universities but rather a stimulus to creativity, social responsibility, and contribution to know - how and practical innovation.

Many business and academic leaders say the low entry and high attrition rates have led to a dearth of tech - savvy workers and a national innovation crisis.

To turn this tide, Minister of Education and Research Thomas Östros recently told the academic world to put more emphasis on innovation and commercialisation.

Building Bricks: Exploring the Global Research and Innovation Impact of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea, written by Jonathan Adams, David Pendlebury, and Bob Stembridge, highlights these countries» public and private investments in research and development, their scientific and engineering labor forces, their output of research papers and particularly active areas of research, their academic impact as measured by citations, and their economic potential based on innovation and patenting.

For the majority of scientists who won't get tenure - track positions — and may not want them — Research Universities states that the great need is to «better position new PhDs for the careers they will have by providing more information about career options and by providing opportunities to acquire, in addition to the knowledge of one's field, skills that are useful for academic positions (teaching, grant writing, publishing, presentations) and positions in government, business and non-profits (oral and written communication, project management, regulatory compliance, business ethics and innovation.)»

And because of the absence of patents, programmers could develop software using these innovations,» says Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation, a group of academics who believe software should be free.

Academic institutions are starting to realize the potential commercial value of scientific breakthroughs and companies recognize the need for basic research in commercially important innovation.

Richard Nelson, a professor emeritus of economics at Columbia University, finds these commercial restraints on the free flow of academic knowledge troubling from the standpoint of innovation.

About the Anna - Maria Kellen Clinical Accelerator The Anna - Maria Kellen Clinical Accelerator, the clinical research program of the Cancer Research Institute, leverages CRI's partnerships with nonprofit organizations, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and academic research and treatment centers worldwide, to provide scientists and clinicians with expertise in cancer immunotherapy access to resources they need to advance ambitious clinical and translational research ideas, while simulataneous solving for competitive and regulatory hurdles that would otherwise impede innovation.

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is the most influential research institution in the world, according to the Nature Index 2017 Innovation supplement, which sheds light on the impact of academic research on innovation.

«I hope that... the standards in the forensics space will be informed by innovations in the academic labs,» says Cris Hughes, a University of Illinois forensic anthropologist who also works as deputy forensic anthropologist at the Champaign County Coroner's Office.

VANCOUVER — Hundreds of industry leaders, researchers, academics, entrepreneurs, investors and tech transfer professionals will convene July 24 - 26 to discuss issues and opportunities inherent in commercializing small - tech innovation throughout our region.The 2006 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference (MNBC), co-presented by the Washington Technology Center and the Oregon Nanoscience & Microtechnologies Institute, takes place at the Vancouver Hilton.

About the Basque Culinary Center The Basque Culinary Center is an academic institution dedicated to higher learning, research, innovation, and the promotion of gastronomy as a resource for society's economic and social development.

CRAASH is a 10 - week program that facilitates the acceleration of healthcare innovations emerging from academic labs into commercialization and clinical practice.

It is this strong partnership that will ensure our journals stay at the forefront of innovation in a time of rapid evolution in academic publishing.»

Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.

As CEO, Freischlag will oversee the full scope of Wake Forest Baptist's academic health system which includes Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest Innovations, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, and a network of hospitals, physician practices and medical / surgical services.