Eighty-five percent of children’s learning is related to vision. Yet in the U.S., 80 percent of children have never had an eye exam or any vision screening before kindergarten, statistics say. When they do, the vision screenings they typically receive can detect only one or two conditions. Three researchers at the University of Tennessee Space (read more)
Inventions & Patents
Andre K. Fowlkes: Professors Eschew Textbooks for Real Life
We all know how universities all across the country are trying find ways to introduce entrepreneurship and innovation into the classroom. But let’s face it, few are as forward-thinking as the Babson Colleges or Brigham Youngs, which are leaders in the nation when it comes to entrepreneurship. Most schools are only scratching the surface when (read more)
Invention to Venture Workshop Supports Entrepreneurs, Investors
“What is the best way to take our inventions forward?” asked Monica Jablonski, professor of ophthalmology at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “I need to reeducate myself on decisions of how to go forward.” Jablonski, an inventor of a novel macular degeneration treatment, was one of more than 70 participants at the Invention (read more)