THANK YOU 865 COMMUNITY – YOU MADE IT HAPPEN! “865” is more than our area code – it represents the innovative, creative, entrepreneurial mindset that defines our East TN community! This past week, startups, entrepreneurs, makers, investors, business leaders, students, and community leaders from across East Tennessee gathered to celebrate Knoxville as a great place (read more)
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University of Tennessee Joins NSF Innovation Corps Program
The University of Tennessee (UT) is expanding its reputation as a center for innovation and technology commercialization by taking part in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program. The University joins the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of (read more)
UTRF Technology “Floodlight Genomics” Wins Bredesen Center Spring Pitch Competition
[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”43″] Spring 2017: The five Ph.D. students from the Bredesen Center’s Energy Science and Engineering (ESE) 530 Business Model Canvas course recently participated in a pitch competition. The event served as the final project/presentation for the semester-long course which explores the launching of a science startup company. UTRF Assistant Vice President of Licensing, Dr. Maha Krishnamurthy, served as (read more)