Bill Turpin, Interim Associate Chancellor of Economic Development, MU
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November 29, 2018
MU Health Develops Convenient Technology for Patients
It might be MU Health’s best kept secret. It’s the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation, a public–private partnership between the UM System and Cerner Corporation, formed in 2009. It’s goal? Make health improvements throughout the UM System and across the state to create a national model for patient care. It’s method? The implementation of new technologies
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How Intellectual Property Rights are Shared at MU
If you could invent anything you wanted, what would it be? You thought of something pretty quickly, right? Many of us have thought about this before. It’s doubtful, though, that we have then thought about the patent process or getting our invention to market — a process that is often long, arduous, and costly. But
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A Federal Grant Assists the Loop in Developing a “Maker Economy”
While Columbia boasts a healthy startup economy for local coffee roasters, breweries, and the like, it lacks a concentrated sector devoted to the small-scale artisan manufacturing that generates middle-skills jobs — those that require training but not a college degree. Carrie Gartner, executive director of The Loop, says that’s a problem because, as with most
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Opinion: It’s Not a Surprise
It was destined to fail — Proposition D, the motor fuel tax increase proposal. And it did! Missouri continues to carry the ignominious honor of having the nation’s second lowest tax on motor fuels. Our state legislature, influenced and driven by a cabal of narrow-minded, special-interest lobbyists, has consistently spurned the annual opportunity to hike
Local Perspective: MU Is Spreading Roots Throughout Missouri
When I first visited MU, one of the things that struck me about the campus was its beauty. The entire campus is a diverse botanical garden, with beautiful buildings intertwined with gorgeous trees and flowers. Having been here for a few months now, I have come to see that this balance of environments is no
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A Capitol Conversation: The Missouri State Capitol Undergoes Restoration
If you’re like a lot of readers, your eyes — and ears — now hurt from the endless stream of tribal political rhetoric that defined the 2018 campaign season. This month’s column puts that aside in favor of a truly capitol conversation. Anyone who has driven past the Missouri State Capitol building since the spring
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Dr. Sara L. Cochran, Entrepreneurial Programs Manager & Interim Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, UM System
1. What’s your background? I hold a PhD in higher education with research focused on entrepreneurship education, an MA in integrated marketing communications, and BA degrees in accounting and arts administration. I’ve been in my current role for two and a half years. Before moving to Columbia to pursue my doctorate, I worked as the
Collin Bunch, Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator, REDI
Job description: I guide people to become entrepreneurs. My position is a continuous lab on innovation across complex systems, digital marketing, traction channels, and how to execute through an agile process. My work also includes building and managing the REDI HUB program, where 20-plus startups work and grow. Years lived in Columbia/Mid-Missouri: Five years. Original
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