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Bill Goetz, chief of staff in the North Dakota Office of the Governor, has been selected to be chancellor of the North Dakota University System, beginning July 1, 2007.
Bill Goetz, chief of staff in the North Dakota Office of the Governor, has been selected to be chancellor of the North Dakota University System, beginning July 1, 2007.
Oleg Kaganovich will resign as CEO of the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA) in June 2007, but remain a member of SARTA's board of directors.
Robert Santy is the new president and CEO of CERC, the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc., filling the position left vacant due to the retirement of Marty Hunt.
Peter Scott was named the director of Kettering University's new Fuel Cell and Advanced Technology Incubator.
The New York Biotechnology Association has named Nathan Tinker its executive director, replacing Karin Duncker, who resigned in 2006.
The Center for Economic Growth has selected F. Michael Tucker as its new president and CEO. Tucker replaces Kelly Lovell, who left the position in December to become president and CEO of International Business Development Group.
The Center for Economic Growth has selected F. Michael Tucker as its new president and CEO. Tucker replaces Kelly Lovell, who left the position in December to become president and CEO of International Business Development Group.
Over the next few years, public policies that support innovation in alternative energy will determine whether or not the United States will successfully make the transition to clean and renewable energy, TechNet reports. The pro-innovation group, whose membership includes top executives from more than 115 tech firms, believes the move away from nonrenewable sources of electricity and fuel will require timely, active support from federal and state government.
A short five years in the waiting, but a whole global economic upheaval later, the 2007 edition of the seminal State New Economy Index shows the extent to which each state is adapting to the maturation of the knowledge-based economy. Digest readers will have seen some of the many articles from around the country covering the report’s recent release. Few of those press accounts explored the recommendations embodied in the third chapter, focusing instead on the rankings of their individual states.
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Thomas Drury has been named CEO of the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University.
Chris Engle, former vice president of Angelou Economics, has joined New Economy Strategies as chief project officer and principal.
Thomas Drury has been named CEO of the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University.
Chris Engle, former vice president of Angelou Economics, has joined New Economy Strategies as chief project officer and principal.
BioStrategy Partners (BioSP) selected Dr. Karen Hanson as its new executive director, replacing Carolyn D'Arville, who stepped down to devote more time to young BioSP companies.
Dean Lewis was named interim president and CEO of the Science Center. Lewis replaces Pradip Banerjee, who left in January.
Aris Melissaratos is the new special adviser to the president for enterprise development at the Johns Hopkins University. The position was created for Melissaratos following his departure as secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development.
Aris Melissaratos is the new special adviser to the president for enterprise development at the Johns Hopkins University. The position was created for Melissaratos following his departure as secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development.
Investment by angel groups declined at least ten percent this year, according to the Angel Capital Association's (ACA) annual survey of angel group leaders. In January and February, about 55 percent of these leaders predicted that both their number of deals and total invested dollars would increase in 2008. Half of them now admit that their predictions for the year were overly optimistic.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents recently approved $15 million in funding for three programs that will support innovation and extraordinary effort among its faculty. Two of these programs will make awards for teaching excellence, one for faculty at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and the other for teaching at the system's other eight universities.