UNC-Chapel Hill created a new position to help drive economic development. The role is titled "vice chancellor of commercialization and economic development," and the university named Judith Cone as the first to hold the position. The UNC Board of Trustees directed Cone "translate University research and ideas into practical benefit for society while enhancing economic prosperity in North Carolina and beyond."

Image: Dan Sears - UNC Judith Cone, special assistant to the Chancellor for Innovation Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.