BiGIALS Symposium - May 2, 2002
BIoinfomatics, Genomics, and
Interdisciplinary Approaches to
Life Sciences is bringing to campus a
roster of high profile scientists to discuss biomedical
science policy and funding considerations, bioethics
issues raised by new medical breakthroughs,
pharmaceutical/biotech, strategies for post-genomic
medicine, interdisciplinary engineering/biology research,
development of new imaging approaches for MRI, and
computational challenges of genomics. It's free. Don't
miss it.
Learn about BIGIALS
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Greetings!
This premier issue of the newsletter is filled with
information related to industry partnerships, University
policies, regional activities, and industry facts - all to
make your industry interactions more productive. The
newsletter is published by the UMass Office of Industry
Liaison and Economic Development. We the editors
hope you'll stay subscribed and tell us what you'd like
to see in upcoming issues.
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| Promoting UMass Amherst R&D Technologies Within The State | | | On April 5, our campus hosted William Guenther,
president of Mass Insight, Inc., which organizes
leadership groups and facilitates public-private
initiatives to improve state performance on issues that
have a significant economic impact on Massachusetts.
Mass Insight is currently working on a report about
critical R&D technologies for the state (due out 5/23)
including a proposal for a new Science & Technology
Leadership Council for the state and hopes to influence
the gubernatorial debate. The agenda included several
college overviews and visits with faculty.
Get more information about the meeting | | |
| Academic Information Portal Garners $35K from Microsoft | | | Isenberg School of Management's Gino Sorcinelli
recently received $35K from Microsoft Corporation for
his proposal to further develop a pilot course based on
academic implementation of Microsoft's SharePoint
Portal Server 2001 software. The funding will support
further development of "Introduction to Business
Information Systems" (SOM 210), a model course for
delivering academic services via the web using portal
technology and help extend it to a wireless environment.
Visit the Academic Information Portal (username:reader password:reader) | | |
| Building Partnerships Within Our Region | | | Faculty and staff are invited to find industry partners
and build the Regional Technology Alliance (RTA) by
joining a commercialization team, suggesting new ideas
for teams or for concurrent research, or attending the
monthly network meetings. ILED and the RTA will help
interested faculty find regional industry partners. The
RTA supports industry-academia leadership of three
technology networks (TEC for users and producers of
information and communications technology; Materials
and Mfg. Technology drawing largely on the paper and
plastics industries; and the newest, BETA, building on
the UMass-Baystate-Beacon collaboration in bio-
sciences and -engineering)
Learn about the Regional Technology Alliance | | |
| Where Are Our Region's Graduates Going? | | | The Hartford-Springfield Economic Partnership and its
30 affiliated colleges and universities have sponsored a
Regional College Graduate survey of graduating seniors
in the Knowledge Corridor in an effort to understand
how this area can be made more attractive to job-
seeking college graduates. The region is defined as
North-Central Connecticut and Western Massachusetts.
The survey was facilitated by Mike Wright, ILED
Associate Director for Economic Development.
Take a peek at the survey | | |
| Company Spotlight: Mead-Westvaco | | | The campus relationship with Mead-Westvaco
Corporation is expanding. Headquartered in Stamford,
Conn., the company has annual sales of $8 billion and is
a leading global producer of packaging, coated and
specialty papers, consumer and office products and
specialty chemicals. They have a significant investment
in trees and carbon-related research. A team of eight
researchers was invited to campus from around the
country in February to visit researchers in polymer
science, computer science, and mechanical and
industrial engineering. The future looks promising. We
hope to expand their interest on campus to other
departments, too.
Learn more about Mead-Westvaco | | |
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