As the year draws to a close I was reflecting on the impressive work of our talented Carolina community in 2011. A little more than a year after the launch of Innovate@Carolina and the release of the Innovation Roadmap, we have accomplished much. Yet it is just the beginning. Students, faculty and staff from literally every conceivable area across campus have answered Chancellor Thorp’s call to innovate for the greater good, sparking our imagination for what’s possible and helping our campus community think differently about the world.
In this work I get to meet with so many people, and I am continually inspired by their drive and passion to help find solutions to big problems. From the discovery of a way to stop the transmission of AIDS, to pushing new boundaries in developing a nanoparticle vaccine for prostate cancer, Carolina innovators are hard at work. And, those not in the sciences are looking at their work through a new lens asking how they can better translate their knowledge and push the traditional boundaries.
In 2012, Innovate@Carolina will be ramping up our efforts to make sure you know their stories. We will launch version 2.0 of our website with more content on the day-to-day innovation and entrepreneurship activities and results coming out of UNC. You will be able to sign up for enhanced newsletters and join the conversation on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. We want to hear from you as we all work together to ensure that Carolina is a major force in translating its knowledge to practical benefit.
In the meantime, here are some highlights from the past year. Enjoy!
Engineering a new generation of Vaccines, UNC spin-off Liquidia continues to attract investors and UNC scientist and entrepreneur Joseph DeSimone, Ph.D., joined an elite list of speakers at this year’s TEDMED Conference in San Diego
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