A new office of entrepreneurship and technology transfer, located in Parkhurst Hall, aims to stimulate student and faculty entrepreneurship and assist in creating marketable products from classroom technological innovation. Engineering professor Tillman Gerngross will serve as associate provost and Trip Davis ’90, a biotechnology entrepreneur and administrator at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, will be executive director. The new office will pool and provide resources related to entrepreneurship, intellectual property and technology commercialization by facilitating communication between undergraduates and the College’s graduate schools. The office seeks to foster a culture of entrepreneurship and expand the breadth of activities and opportunities for community members interested in entrepreneurship.
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