Category Archives: Technology Transfer

Remarkable leadership

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading

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We are delighted to help Stanford become a better university [laughter]

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading

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If we build it you will pay

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading

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Students, creating the value-added for investors

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading

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Who ya gonna call?

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading

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Technemort, the name never to be spoken

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading

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Who hoards technology in the Ivory Tower?

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating for the narrative it presents for UW to attempt to flip faculty and student … Continue reading

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A very exciting day for the university

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating for the narrative it presents for UW to attempt to flip faculty and student … Continue reading

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Abbroachment

So I got this urge to do some snorkeling in the waters of Black’s Legal Dictionary. Just a little recreational reading. But I’d barely got into the waters–first page, in the A’s–when I hit up against this rock: Abbroachment. The act … Continue reading

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Time for Research Policy–and Rhetoric–to Change

Over at Remaking the University, Christopher Newfield has a new essay about higher education policy. It is well worth the read. Newfield’s primary focus is the lack of policy movement in university administrations, despite chronic lack of funding–“permausterity,” as he calls … Continue reading

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