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A new University of Utah startup company received an invitation to attend the prestigious Siemens New Ventures Forum in June in Berkeley, Calif. Only 12 of more than 100 applicants were invited to attend the exclusive forum, which provides startups…

For the thousands of students who participate in programs offered by the Pierre and Claudette Lassonde Entrepreneur Center, it’s no mystery why the University of Utah is among the most entrepreneurial schools in the country. The Lassonde Center (www.lassonde.utah.edu), which…

Marian Bonar is one of very few students who can say her MBA education took her from Ghana and back while trying to solve a critical social issue. Because of her exceptional experience, University of Utah President David Pershing featured…

We just released our spring 2013 Innovations newsletter. Inside are articles about faculty inventors, student innovators, events and more. Highlights include a the winners of the Distinguished Innovation and Impact Award, Bench-2-Bedside winners, announcements and more. Read, print and share….

U Ranks No. 1 in state for patents The U ranked No. 1 in Utah for patents at the 2013 Utah Genius Awards recently. The U had 90 patents. IBM was No. 2 with 50 patents. Read more at http://bit.ly/ZOFy2B….

In 2007, the Entrepreneurial Faculty Advisors (EFA) was a 12-faculty pilot program. We had mostly engineers and health sciences physicians and researchers from four colleges and schools. The EFA was probably the first grass-roots faculty entrepreneur group in the nation. We focused exclusively on faculty mentoring. How things have changed in six years.

Bench-2-Bedside is a medical device competition for students at the University of Utah. Teams compete from all departments on campus. They get $500 to develop prototypes and compete for more than $70,000 in prizes.