News from the front

by | Nov 20, 2009 | Innovation, Internships

For many of our students, working in a startup is a new experience. They’ve just been steered in other directions. Big firms seemed safer bets. But no longer. According to a new Kauffman Foundation report, two thirds of new jobs are being created by new (not...

Akiba and RetireHub join as intern sponsors

by | Nov 13, 2009 | Internships

Venture-backed start ups continue to hire UMass Boston student interns. Akiba recently tapped Devrim Aksu, College of Management, as its new human resources intern. Akiba is a Boston-based startup developing a database virtualization solution. And RetireHub hired...

Symmetric Computing launches departmental supercomputer

by | Nov 4, 2009 | Innovation

Yesterday, Symmetric Computing, a Boston based technology company with offices at the Venture Development Center, released their Trio Departmental Supercomputer. The Trio allows a large segment of scientists and engineers to realize the benefits of supercomputing,...

UMass tech licensing income soars to top

by | Oct 26, 2009 | Tech transfer

Something to be proud of: University of Massachusetts licensing income from its intellectual property income climbed to $73 million during Fiscal Year 2009, a record and a performance likely to vault UMass into the intellectual property income Top 10 nationwide,...