Projects & Initiatives
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In 2007, he launched Practice Management Externship programs to provide experiential learning to fourth-year veterinary medicine students—similar in concept to their fourth-year clinical rotations. Through the programs, students get an inside look at independent veterinary practices. Over a three-week period, groups of seven or eight vet students spend a few days in each of two private practices alongside the office staff, observing client visits and analyzing the workflow, service, and financial performance.
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Aug 2014
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Through partnerships with more than a dozen school districts, IS3D has developed animation and games, applications, e-books and interactive case studies that help students develop and hone the problem-solving skills required for successful careers in STEM fields. Athens Academy science teacher Anna Scott helps one of her students navigate the IS3D software in class. IS3D’s latest patent-pending innovation provides teachers with an innovative assessment tool. the ability to assess how students are progressing through each of IS3D’s educational programs.
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Aug 2014
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The Georgia Rural Medical Scholarship Program (GRSP) was established in 2010 to expose more Georgia medical students to rural health care. With the help of UGA’s Archway Partnership professional, Washington County established a partnership with Mercer University Medical School (about 60 miles away in Macon, Ga.) to offer rotations for students in the county’s private medical practices and at the Washington County Regional Medical Center (WCRMC).
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Aug 2014
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WSU has embraced its role as an anchor institution in Detroit in several ways. First, the University has invested in community redevelopment. Midtown Detroit currently has a 97% occupancy rate for rental housing. As a major land owner in Midtown, WSU looks for creative ways to increase available housing stock, not only for the campus community, but the broader community. In 2007, the University entered into its first ever partnership with a private developer to build Studio One Apartments, the first phase of its South University Village plan.
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Aug 2013
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An essential component of UCF’s economic development strategy is the creation of research centers and institutes that align with the economic needs of Central Florida. Centers give faculty the resources and flexibility to conduct research in non-traditional areas and help the university build on its reputation for partnerships with industry and the community. The researchers in these centers have been responsible for bringing in the university’s largest single grant—$55 million from NASA—have led the university to its current ranking by IEEE as having the 20th most powerful patents in the world in the university/education category,1 have started 37 companies and have 51 active licensing agreements.
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Aug 2013
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The University of Toledo’s College of Engineering instituted a mandatory cooperative education program in 1997. This program is one of only eight engineering schools in the entire nation to require a co-op experience as a condition of graduation. The UT mandatory co-op program requires all engineering undergraduates to complete a minimum of three semesters of work experience as part of their curriculum. The work experience must involve the students in engineering-related projects or programs and can be at industrial, government, or at the sites of other organizations (e.g., hospitals, educational institutions).
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Aug 2013
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In partnership with the University at Albany, HocusLocus, LLC. developed a trans-RNA switching mechanism called structurally interacting RNA or “sxRNA” that uses unique microRNA expression profiles to express desired proteins in a cell specific manner. sxRNA technology enables targeted expression of any chosen protein in cells of specific tissues, disease states, and developmental stages by coupling post- transcriptional regulation processes with unique microRNA signatures.
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Aug 2013
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The Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy (IRLEE) extends the reach of the University through leading business and regional development in service of the broader economy. IRLEE was established in July 2008 by merging two long-standing university units: the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR) and the Business and Industrial Assistance Division (BIAD). This enabled the University to direct its economic outreach activities in areas where it has demonstrated academic and programmatic strengths.
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Aug 2013
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The BEC serves as a “front door” for companies seeking access to university expertise and other resources. By coordinating the University’s industry relationships from one physical location, the University leverages its efforts to raise awareness among potential partners, provides a simpler means of access to campus research and faculty expertise, and works more efficiently with regional and state economic development efforts
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Aug 2013
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The UM Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) is the University unit responsible for transferring research discoveries to business and venture partners. Each year, it launches an average of 10 startups and signs over 100 agreements with companies. These activities have led to the launch of over 115 new start-up ventures since 2001.
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Aug 2013
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UC created the University of Cincinnati Research Institute (UCRI). UCRI is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) which serves three primary needs of UC and the community: First is to serve industrial clients who require the services of internationally recognized faculty experts at UC in a timely and efficient manner and provide access to highly specialized facilities and equipment that industry would otherwise have to develop or purchase themselves....
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Aug 2013
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This exciting teaching and learning initiative is structured around trans-disciplinary collaboration and offers a unique approach to developing tomorrow’s workforce. To date, more than 150 UC Forward courses have been developed in which students and faculty from different disciplines work together to analyze and design solutions to problems posed by industry or community partners.
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