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University of Minnesota partners on growing businesses MINNEAPOLIS, MN–The University of Minnesota is partnering with the State of Minnesota to inject $34.5 million into Minnesota’s early-stage, venture-backed businesses — a…

Life sciences incubator will receive $1M grant PITTSBURGH, PA–LifeX, a life sciences incubator established by the University of Pittsburgh, will receive a $1 million grant from the Angel Investment Venture…

University of Michigan startup raises $85 million ANN ARBOR, MI–HistoSonics, a medical startup spun out of the University of Michigan, has raised $85 million in financing. The company was formed…

‘Smart concrete’ WEST LAFAYETTE, IN–Luna Lu, the ACPA professor of Civil Engineering in Purdue’s Lyles School of Civil Engineering, has with her team developed “smart concrete.” This concrete contains sensors…

Preparing the next-generation smart manufacturing workforce WEST LAFAYETTE, IN–Global professional services company Accenture and Purdue University have agreed on a five-year commitment that will help prepare a next-generation smart manufacturing…

Grant money to fund Pittsburgh biotech research PITTSBURGH, PA–Lunar exploration firm Astrobotic, the Energy Innovation Center, and the University of Pittsburgh‘s BioForge cell manufacturing center are among those that will…

High-fidelity cardiovascular monitoring WEST LAFAYETTE, IN–High-tech startup LifeSpan will use part of a Phase I STTR grant to conduct research at the Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering. Through a…

$11.7 million grant to study new ways to treat pain ST. LOUIS, MO–Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a five-year, $11.7 million grant to…