The UTRF Entrepreneurial Fellows program isn’t just about launching startups—it’s about helping promising researchers mature their technologies, identify their markets, and take the critical leap from research to real-world impact. For the newest fellows, Katrina Easton and Brian Washington, the program is also about opportunity. Turning Research into Results UTRF’s Entrepreneurial Fellows program is part (read more)
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Innovator Spotlight: Don Reising
Discover how Dr. Don Reising’s AWR audio technology, supported by UTRF, is transforming sound quality in music, hearing aids, and more. Follow his journey from research to commercialization.
Lab Bench to Boardroom: How a UTRF Course Is Rewiring Graduate Education for Life Beyond Academia
At the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Campus in Memphis, students are learning real-world skills to succeed outside of academia in an innovative course, Strategic Entrepreneurship in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Led by Todd Ponzio, Vice President of UTRF, and UTRF Staff Attorney James Parrett, this class is more than just another elective—it’s a (read more)