Add the AURP member logo on your website, signature or materials to proudly share your participation and growth of the network!
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#AURPinAction: Breaking News! |
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NIC's Dan Duncan Retires After 36 Years of Service to NIC and University of Nebraska–Lincoln! |
Dan Duncan, Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC) Executive Director and AURP Past President and Board Member, has retired after 36 years of service at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Following the launch of the AURP Clean Tech & Building Resiliency Caucus at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, Vickie Palmer, AURP CEO, attended Dan's retirement reception last week at NIC's Conference Center.
Duncan began his tenure with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1987 and in 2011, Executive Director NIC. Under Duncan’s leadership, the NIC has grown impactful partnerships between UNL and private sector businesses. In 2021, the NIC delivered an overall economic impact of $454 million.
From all of us with AURP, we say thank you, Dan, for your distinguished career helping build communities of innovation in Nebraska, the U.S. and across the globe! Our most sincere congratulations for a job well done from all of us with the AURP team!
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AURP's Vickie Palmer and NIC's Kate Engel |
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Joining Palmer and Duncan, Whiting-Turner's Chris Carlson, Clark & Enersen's Kate Hier, and Woodbury's Josh Berger |
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"Speed and Scale: One Organization Leverages its CRM
for Web and Ecosystem Visibility"
Wed., April 12, 4:00pm ET
Join us and our SSTI partners for this special "TBED Community of Practice Webinar" (April 12) and find out how the Florida High Tech Corridor has implemented AirTable as a flexible customer relationship management platform. Plus, hear how the Florida High Tech Corridor leverages off-the-shelf and custom tools to add functionality to its website and rapidly advance its ecosystem visibility and project goals. This presentation also features a community discussion of platforms used by economic development organizations to achieve similar speed and scale. Register and join us!
Our Speaker:
Amy Beaird, Chief Strategy Officer, Florida High Tech Corridor
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AURP 2023 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATION PROPOSALS |
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Take the mic and step up to the podium!
Submit Your Proposal
AURP 2023 International Conference
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Submissions Due: April 29, 2023
Our theme - “INNOVATION REVOLUTION: The Power of People, Places and Purpose” - is designed to generate dynamic ideas for professionals in high-tech economic development - both new to the field and with more experience.
STAR Campus comprises roughly one million square feet of real estate, including multiple buildings, wet labs and more than 30 high-growth companies in fields ranging from health care to biotechnology, financial technology, agricultural science, advanced materials and more.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
- April 29: Submissions Due
- June 2: Notification of Acceptance
- Sept. 22: Final Presentations Due for Review/Confirmation
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Advance your learning curve and learn from your peers with the Communities Of Innovation 101 Video Series |
AURP's on-demand “Communities of Innovation 101 Education Series” (COI 101) provides ongoing professional development and education - on your schedule - geared to helping professionals start and grow university-based research parks, innovation districts and tech hubs. Designed to support you through onboarding challenges and to get you on your feet to building your own community of innovation. Learn more. (See sample series below.)
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Resources & Announcements |
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It's budget season and that time of year for most AURP members to evaluate their salary and compensation packages!
Our 2023 Compensation Survey empowers you to be competitive with compensation arrangements for your leadership team. The Survey should take 3-5 minutes to complete. Your input is confidential and invaluable to all AURP members.
Please participate in this year's Salary Survey by Friday, April 28th. Take the Survey.
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#AURP Member & Industry News |
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The Fort Worth (TX) City Council last week approved a new policy that defines and guides the formal designation of innovation districts in Fort Worth. The Board's move represents another step with efforts of public and private stakeholders to drive research, new product development, commercialization, and supporting activities in the 13th largest city in the U.S. As part of this policy, two areas of Fort Worth were formally designated as innovation zones – the Fort Worth Medical Innovation District and the Fort Worth Mobility Innovation Zone. Read more.
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AURP's Brian Darmody last week attended the "Boston Life Sciences Real Estate Conference: Development, Designing Lab, Tenant Demands, Investment & Leasing" hosted by Bisnow. A number of AURP Members attended the event, hosted by 33-41 Farnsworth, as well as firms planning on attending the AURP Bio Health Caucus (in Boston, June 4-5) including Ventas, Whiting Turner, Lab Central, JLL, HOK, Mass Bio and Mass Life Sciences Center. Read more.
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CBS's 60 Minutes featured groundbreaking work by Case Western Reserve University researchers Dustin Tyler and A. Bolu Ajiboye (representing JobsOhio) — both of whom are biomedical engineering researchers bringing a renewed sense of touch to amputees and people with paralysis, using neuroprosthetics. Tyler and his team have brought the sense of physical touch to a prosthesis, allowing an amputee to do profoundly more daily functions - fundamentally changing the prosthesis from a sporadically used tool to a working “hand.” Read more.
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#AURPinAction
Economic & Social Impact Reports
Research parks, innovation districts and tech hubs are strong economic, job-creating engines and contribute to economic development in local communities, regions, states and nations.
We're ready to include your impact report on our website! Learn more.
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Executive Director Innovation HUB Network (9580) - University of Texas at San Antonio, Economic Development Unit
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Director of Innovation and Economic Development (IED) - North Dakota State University
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Vice President for Research - Kennesaw State University
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Director of Entrepreneurship - EnterpriseWorks/UIUC Research Park – University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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Senior Research Program Manager – Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem/Charlotte, NC
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CEO, Uplands Science & Technology Foundation
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Executive Director, Oklahoma City Biomanufacturing Workforce Training Center, Oklahoma City Innovation District
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Asst. VP, Innovation and Commercialization, Texas State University
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SUBMIT YOUR STORY FOR A FUTURE PARK POST!
Would you like to showcase your Community of Innovation, tenant or university activities (including newly released Impact Reports) in an upcoming AURP Park Post? We want to hear your stories and news to share with our greater AURP community. Email us today!
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