Tohoku University and the 91探花, two leading academic research institutions of the Pacific Rim, announced 鈥淨-DREAM,鈥 a significant expansion of their decades-long collaboration.


Tohoku University and the 91探花, two leading academic research institutions of the Pacific Rim, announced 鈥淨-DREAM,鈥 a significant expansion of their decades-long collaboration.

Fran莽ois Baneyx has been named Vice Provost for Innovation at the 91探花, Provost Mark Richards announced yesterday at the inaugural meeting of the 91探花Innovation Roundtable. Baneyx was appointed Interim Vice Provost for Innovation in July 2019. Baneyx is also director of CoMotion, UW鈥檚 collaborative innovation hub dedicated to expanding the economic and societal impact of the 91探花community. In addition, he is the Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering and an adjunct professor of Bioengineering, and…

The 91探花 ranks seventh among national universities in a new Milken Institute report on technology transfer, 鈥淐oncept to Commercialization: The Best Universities for Technology Transfer.鈥 The report highlights the vital role research universities play in spurring economic growth.