by vdc | Aug 20, 2009 | Incubators
Harvard President Drew Faust inspires me. On May 1st, she rode the Red Line to JFK/UMASS to join 200 city, business and education leaders to mark the official opening of UMass Boston’s Venture Development Center. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino graciously met her at...
by vdc | Aug 17, 2009 | Tech transfer
Summer innovation camp concludes with the webinar “Advanced Essentials: SBIRs/STTRs” on August 20, 2009 at 1 pm in the VDC Presentation Room. The SBIR/STTR program is a highly specialized form of funding for those performing cutting-edge R&D that addresses the...
by vdc | Aug 6, 2009 | Incubators
A great start-up environment keeps getting better: A fourth server rack was installed in the VDC’s data center for partners to use for development and testing of their servers and software. Partners take care of installation, operation and maintenance. The VDC has...
by vdc | Jul 28, 2009 | Tech transfer
On Thursday, July 30th at 1:00 pm, the Venture Development Center invites you to participate in a webinar about research commercialization and consulting agreements. This will be informative to you if you contemplate a consulting agreement with another organization...
by vdc | Jul 26, 2009 | Internships
According to a July 2nd article in the New York Times entitled “Say Hello to Underachieving“, internships available to college students have fallen 21 percent since last year. UMass Boston’s deep, diverse and hard working student talent pool, however, is being...