In an effort to better engage her students in a post-clinical conference, Dr. Hallie Bensinger, a University of Tennessee Health Science Center advanced practice nurse and instructor, found herself strolling through the aisles of a school supply store on Easter weekend of 2010 in hopes of finding fake money to hand out in a Jeopardy-style (read more)
Startups
UTRF Launches Business Plan Competition For Academic-Affiliated Startups
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) has announced the formation of a new business plan competition aimed at academic-affiliated startup companies. The competition, named Tennessee Venture Challenge (TVC), will be held in April 2014 and is designed to encourage students, researchers and community members to create new, sustainable businesses in the state of Tennessee. (read more)
UT Research Foundation Helps Faculty Start Businesses
By Hugh G. Willett, Knoxville News Sentinel KNOXVILLE – Over the last fiscal year the University of Tennessee Research Foundation has helped establish nine startup companies based on technology developed by university faculty. The number of startups is double the previous year and an indication that the program is meeting its goal of promoting and (read more)