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In just three years, Farmington-based medical device company CytoVeris has gone from a small startup with the goal of helping surgeons better detect cancer, to a company that’s raised $8 million and hired 19 employees, with plans to add six more in the year ahead. More importantly, its cancer detection device has made strides; a feasibility study is scheduled to take place in the spring, while clinical trials could start in early 2023, company officials said.

UConn interim President Dr. Andrew Agwunobi says he’s not thinking much about whether his position will become permanent. And the university’s board isn’t thinking much about replacing him. UConn’s Board of Trustees in May appointed UConn Health CEO Agwunobi as interim president, following former President Thomas Katsouleas’ sudden exit after serving in the position for just two years. About six months later, the board hasn’t started a search process for a permanent university head, and Agwunobi said he’s not approaching the job as someone about to be replaced.

The amount of federal monetary awards that went to research at the University of Connecticut has doubled in the past four years, it was announced at the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday morning. In her 12-minute slideshow presentation titled “UConn Research, Envisioning Tomorrow,” Radenka Maric, UConn’s vice president for research, innovation and entrepreneurship, showed that the amount of federal research dollars earmarked for the university went from $184 million in fiscal year 2017 to $375 million in fiscal year 2021.

A top research and entrepreneurship official at UConn says Connecticut has the opportunity to jump to the forefront of the cannabis industry’s startup scene. Abhijit (Jit) Banerjee, UConn’s associate vice president for research, innovation and entrepreneurship, said he thinks state funding for a limited-time incubator for UConn staff and faculty working in the cannabis space could yield innovative companies in the emerging legal marijuana market.

Stamford, CT (PRWEB) October 07, 2021 -- The data science sector is flourishing at UConn Stamford’s Technology Incubation Program, TIP Digital, since the