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| Dr. John Folkins has been named chief executive officer of the BGSU Research Institute. |
BGSU Research Institute to help bridge concepts and markets
The University recently launched the BGSU Research Institute, designed to help faculty, staff and students develop their research
or creative ideas into marketable products. It will also help find outside support to patent and license those products.
According to Dr. John Folkins, chief executive officer of the newly incorporated nonprofit organization, “The research institute
matches the culture of the University to the needs of the public. It builds upon the great work faculty are already doing
and gives them the opportunity to take it further.”
If you have a discovery you feel has potential as a product, but don’t know where to begin in the process of patenting, marketing
and licensing it, the institute can help, he said. Likewise, if you are in the early stages of developing an idea you feel
is promising, but don’t have the resources to take it through to completion, the institute may be able to help find the backing
you need, Folkins explained. In addition to patents, some intellectual property may lend itself to copyrights that can be
licensed and subsequent products that can be marketed. Faculty, staff and students may be able to benefit from any income
generated from commercialization of their work.
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BGSU reaches fund-raising goal for Sebo Athletic Center
The University's major fund-raising effort, "Building Dreams:
The Centennial Campaign for BGSU," has reached $110 million and has
achieved its fund-raising goal of $7.7 million for the Sebo
Athletic Center, one of the major capital projects in the
campaign.
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Guy Kawasaki, Fast Company co-founder Alan Webber to speak
How entrepreneurial thinking drives business growth and
contributes to economic vitality is the theme for the fourth annual
Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship, April 13.
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Boston Brass to perform at BGSU
The Boston Brass, widely celebrated for its innovative classical
arrangements, jazz interpretations and vocal harmony, will appear
Friday (March 23) on the Festival Series.
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