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New Princeton-Techstars bootcamp boosts entrepreneurship for graduate students and postdocs

Wright Señeres, Princeton Entrepreneurship Council March 12, 2021 12:24 p.m. Princeton graduate student Jeff Phaneuf took this photo of his friend during an Adventurelist exploration in Sedona, Arizona. Adventurelist is a two-sided marketplace for guided adventure sports, and the startup recently won a pitch competition during the first Princeton Startup Bootcamp held virtually this January. Teams of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers forged and strengthened entrepreneurial ventures during the bootcamp as part of a new Princeton Innovation program.  Photo by Jeff Phaneuf Over an action-packed three days in January, ten teams of Princeton graduate students and postdoctoral researchers forged and strengthened entrepreneurial ventures through the newly created Princeton Startup Bootcamp, led by startup accelerator firm Techstars and organized by Princeton Innovation. 

From lab to everyday life: Princeton accelerator fund supports promising innovations

Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research March 5, 2021 9:21 a.m. Seven technologies that address some of society’s biggest challenges  from foolproof antibiotics to low-cost water purification  will receive support for research and development through Princeton’s Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund.  A technology for illuminating targets for new drugs against cancer and viruses is one of several selected to receive support from the Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund to help develop Princeton discoveries to the stage where they can have broader societal impact. Photo courtesy of David MacMillan laboratory, Princeton University The program gives discoveries an extra push through the development pipeline to bring technologies to the stage where they are ready for further investment, from either a startup or a larger company. 

Private institutions are not money-making ventures (3)

Share As I have extensively discussed in the previous editions, private universities are the flagship of the Nigerian education sector as the premier private universities have consistently outperformed the public universities in terms of quality education, technological advancements, infrastructures, etc. To put this contention in proper perspective, last week, I highlighted some of the accolades attributed to the Afe Babalola University which has been remarked as the ‘model, benchmark and reference point’ for university education in Nigeria. Equally, I commenced an examination of the grants and financial support given to private universities by the governments of other countries, and the rationale for such assistance, which essentially is to permit both the poor and the rich in the society to access the quality education provided by private universities. This week, I will proceed to give illustrations on the extent of government support for educational advancements in private u

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