Duke’s Aravind Asokan, Ph.D., named Global Scholar
As a Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR) Global Scholar, Asokan will receive up to $1 million in funding over three years, along with "drug-hunting expertise from dedicated NIBR scientific collaborators" as part of this…
Invented at Duke 2022 brings together the university research, innovation, and entrepreneurship community
Members of the Duke research, innovation, and entrepreneurship community gathered for the annual celebration of inventions and inventors, as well as to network with each other and various internal and external partners.
Duke Welcomes North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation
While presenting at a recent meeting of the North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation, Steve McClelland—director of the Christensen Family Center for Innovation at Duke—prompted chuckles when he shared how confused his young children had been…
Duke Angel Network is now Duke Capital Partners
Duke University’s early-stage venture investment arm, Duke Angel Network, is now Duke Capital Partners. Duke Capital Partners provides capital and expertise to help Duke startups, and features one of Duke’s most innovative experiential learning opportunities…
Building Knowledge & Community Among Duke’s Entrepreneurial Alumni
Members of the Duke Entrepreneurial Leaders Network (ELN) met recently at their inaugural in-person meeting. ELN, which was founded two years ago and consists of 30 members across the U.S., is a select cohort of alumni interested…
Entrepreneurial trainees gather to network, discuss tech commercialization
The heat of the first day of August did not stop entrepreneurial trainees – students participating in various fellowship programs at local universities – from gathering at Namu's outdoor garden for an evening of good…
Questions About Open Source? Talk to our Digital Innovations Team
By Daniel Dardani Open Source Software (OSS) and Open Source Licensing (OSL) have become integral parts of how software research and development is performed and shared with the world. As such, these two sides of…
Media Coverage: Life Science ‘Venture Day’ Shines Spotlight on 15 Triangle Startups
WRAL TechWire Covers Venture Day 2022 The innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem across the Research Triangle is important to our regional economy. Continued growth of the ecosystem relies on collaborations among top research universities often resulting…
Venture Day 2022 Highlights Early-stage Life-science Companies in the Triangle
From left to right: Vivian Doelling, Vice President for Investments and Emerging Company Development at NC Biotechnology Center, Jeff Welch, Director of Duke New Ventures, Mireya McKee, Director of UNC’s KickStart Venture Services, and Michael…