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Climate Change and the Green New Deal lecture series at Stockton U.

10/17/2019

How might the proposed Green New Deal affect the Jersey shore?

Stockton University’s American Democracy Project/Political Engagement Project will host two free, public lectures focusing on topics related to the Green New Deal from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, and Monday, Oct. 28. as a part of its “Climate Change and the Green New Deal” lecture series.

A Troubling Method of Curbing Health Care Costs Is Gaining Ground

10/16/2019

NJ Spotlight Op-Ed by Debbie Hart, President & CEO, BioNJ

In Trenton and state capitols across the country, lawmakers are grappling with how to address the rising costs of prescription drugs. Policymakers are exploring solutions that help relieve the burden for patients and enable state governments to determine how to fairly price and value new therapies. State and federal legislators are right to find ways to control the cost of care, but no solution should compromise the innovation that makes it possible to discover groundbreaking treatments for patients. Please read more here.

Companion Diagnostics Forum in Princeton Oct. 29-30

10/14/2019

The Companion Diagnostics Forum is taking place Oct. 29-30 at the New Jersey Hospital Association Conference and Event Center in Princeton. Read more here.

Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health's First Annual Research Day

10/14/2019

This free event will be held on Friday, Nov. 1, at the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health in New Brunswick, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Lunch is included and all are welcome to attend. Please find more here.

Rutgers University Joins Researchers in $20 Million NSF-Funded Project to Develop the Internet of the Future

10/13/2019

New Brunswick, NJ - As part of its commitment to developing and providing advanced research computing and data cyberinfrastructure, Rutgers University’s Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC) is joining the Renaissance Computing Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and other partners to create a platform for testing novel internet architectures that could enable a faster, more secure internet. Funded by a $20 million National Science Foundation grant, the platform called FABRIC will help scientists reimagine and redesign the internet of the future based on today’s knowledge. The platform will give computer scientists a place to test networking and cybersecurity solutions and continue to extend the internet’s broad benefits for science and society.

Becoming America’s Seed Fund: Why NSF’s SBIR Program Should Be a Model for the Rest of Government

10/13/2019

The National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program focuses on high-growth startups and commercializing federally funded research and development (R&D). Other federal agencies should consider emulating this model.

NJ STEM Pathways Network Receives STEM Excellence Award

10/13/2019

Trenton, NJ - The HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ) recently presented the New Jersey STEM Pathways Network (NJSPN) with its “STEM Excellence Award” for the network’s accomplishments in driving excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and workforce opportunities in New Jersey. “The NJSPN is vital to New Jersey,” said HINJ Chair and Allergan Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Alex Kelly. “Its focus on replicating promising practices, convening the state’s STEM experts and promoting STEM career pathways, certainly helps to ensure that we maintain the excellence of our state’s K-12 public education system. We applaud your dedicated efforts and your creative, impactful programming.”

Board makes four recommendations to increase Skilled Technical Workforce

10/13/2019

Columbus, OH - According to SSTI, "Expanding and diversifying the nation’s Skilled Technical Workforce (STW) is vital to the nation’s future, according to a new report from the policymaking board of the National Science Foundation (NSF) that predicts a shortfall of 3.4 million skilled technical workers by 2022 unless changes are made. The Skilled Technical Workforce: Crafting America’s Science and Engineering Enterprise report found that there are currently about 17 million workers without college degrees who use science and engineering skills in jobs such as health care technicians, computer systems analysts and administrators, and operators of “smart” infrastructure."

‘Eds and Meds’ Growth is Key to New Jersey’s Future

10/13/2019

Trenton, NJ - Acording to Jim Pytell of NJ Buisness Magazine, "Anchor institutions such as hospitals and universities often act as magnets for economic development and catalysts for urban revitalization. Collectively, the industry clusters that these anchor institutions make up in cities across the country, and more locally here in New Jersey, are known as ‘eds and meds. “Generally, as cities across the United States have deindustrialized, the eds and meds sector has become a catalyst for urban revitalization,” says Louis S. Bezich, M.P.P., senior vice president, strategic alliances, Cooper University Health Care and chairman of the Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force. “This is evident in Camden where Cooper University Health Care has been an anchor institution for more than 130 years and its growth has helped encourage strong revitalization efforts.”

industry and university collaboration: how partnership drives innovation

10/13/2019

Washington DC - According to Ventureweel, "In 2017, bioengineering students from Clemson University assessed the medical device needs in Tanzania as part of the university’s Developing World Biomedical Device Innovation Co-Op program. The program, made possible through a VentureWell Faculty Grant, was developed by John DesJardins, associate professor of bioengineering at Clemson. DesJardin’s goal is to partner U.S.-based biomedical companies with Clemson’s biomedical engineering students to make improvements to existing medical devices and to develop new innovations that better meet the needs of clinicians and patients around the world. DesJardins says the partnership served both the students and the companies. “Companies don’t always have the time or resources required to build relationships with clinics or hospitals in those countries,” he says. “Students were able to spend a considerable amount of customer discovery time in the field, focusing on actual medical device needs versus what engineers and designers think is needed. The students used their research findings to tell companies what’s wrong with their technology, and what can be improved.”"

VC market: Q3 drops from 2018, still on pace for huge year

10/13/2019

Columbus, OH - According to Jason Rittenberg of SSTI, "PitchBook and NVCA just released the 3rd quarter Venture Monitor, and the year-to-date figures show another year of robust activity. Total deal value is set to exceed $100 billion again, and exit value is already at $227 billion. Deal and exit count, however, appear on pace to finish below the last several years, with 7,862 investments and 633 exits to date so far. The report shows continued, challenging trends for early investments, with 55 percent of seed deals now over $1 million and first financings on pace for a slower year by both investments and value."

Future of work and shared prosperity hinge on policies, efforts

10/13/2019

Columbus, OH - According to Ellen Marrison of SSTI, "If Americans are going to build better careers and share prosperity as technological changes occur, the U.S. will have to implement more comprehensive policies, according to an MIT task force’s preliminary report titled The Work of the Future: Shaping Technology and Institutions. The task force, convened in spring 2018, was motivated by the paradox that despite a decade of low unemployment and rising prosperity in the U.S., there is a pessimism surrounding technology and work, which it says is “a reflection of a decades-long disconnect between rising productivity and stagnant incomes for the majority of workers.”"

Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology Program Will Provide Technical and Financial Assistance to NJ Small Businesses Seeking Federal SBIR/STTR Funding

10/13/2019

Trenton, NJ - The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) has announced approval of the creation of a new program to provide technical and financial support to Garden State companies pursuing federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) funding. The newly-conceived program will be initially capitalized with $500,000 to support companies applying for the federal SBIR and STTR programs, which provide more than $3 billion nationally in early-stage funding to small businesses each year in a variety of technology and life sciences areas.

This 'Smart Concrete' Heals Its Own Cracks, Resists Fire and Cleans the Air

10/11/2019

From Stevens News
As concrete makes a comeback in urban architecture worldwide, an innovative building material being developed by Stevens Institute of Technology researchers could revolutionize infrastructure. And the material may help mitigate soil and groundwater pollution, as well, because it's produced using high-volume construction and demolition waste and industrial solid waste, which typically goes into landfills. More here.

Rep. Norcross announces nearly $900K in research grants in South Jersey

10/11/2019

From Rowan University News
Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced this week that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded $898,709 to Rowan University and Rutgers University–Camden for their respective Pharmacology, Physiology and Biological Chemistry Research programs.

“The frontiers of scientific advancement and medical innovation are being explored right here in South Jersey,” said Congressman Norcross, a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor. Please read more here.