5 Things to Know for MAY 2019
Starting the summer off with some good news from OTC . . . On May 1st, OTC’s New Ventures Group held Duke’s first Venture Day. The day-long event allowed us to showcase eight startup companies and…
41 Companies Formed out of Big-3 Research Universities Last Year
Triangle-area research universities are producing over 40 companies per year – as well as thousands of inventions, patents and millions in licensing revenue. The good news for the local economy is that in all those…
Venture Day Showcased 8 Duke Start-ups in Biotech & Therapeutics
On Wednesday, May 1st, over a dozen venture capital firms gathered for the first Duke Venture Day at the newly refurbished Chesterfield Building in downtown Durham. The day-long event showcased therapeutic innovations currently coming out…
Duke Engineering School Creates Dean for Entrepreneurship Post
Ken Gall has been appointed Duke Engineering’s first associate dean for entrepreneurship, effective June 1, 2019. This new position will help the school live out the fundamental Duke value of “knowledge in service to society”…
Introducing IndieBio Class Eight
IndieBio are excited to announce their eighth class. IndieBio invests in revolutionary technologies for human and planetary health, and each of these companies, though small today, has tremendous potential to become a very significant and…
myRESEARCHhome Funding Opportunities Widget
YOUR PORTAL FOR RESEARCH RELATED TASKS + INFORMATION myRESEARCHhome, a portal for the Duke research community, recently began piloting a new Funding Opportunities Widget that recommends relevant internal and external funding based on your research…
Duke ECE Welcomes First Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Vamsee Pamula PhD’01 has a new company–and a new gig as Duke ECE’s first Entrepreneur-in-Residence. There’s no shortage of resources for Duke’s entrepreneurial engineers. Within the Pratt School of Engineering, the dedicated Entrepreneurship @ Duke Engineering program offers…
Duke Among Top 10 for Federal Medical Research Funding
Duke University received $384.6 million last year from the National Institutes of Health to advance medical research, ranking 9th in the country among universities, research institutions and teaching hospitals that are awarded the taxpayer-based research…
Showcasing Innovation at 2nd “Invented at Duke” Celebration
From Antiperspirant Lotion To Waste Treatment To Targeted Radiotherapy – Duke Made Yet Another Exhibition Of Ingenious Innovations That Span Numerous Fields And Applications. Riding on the success of the first “Invented at Duke” event…