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Applied Innovation

Amy von Kaenel ’90, MBA ’96, founder and CEO of VolunteerCrowd

Verifying volunteerism

Startup founded by alumna and fostered by UCI incubator aids, tracks student community service

UCI launches first Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in UC system

Nine-month degree program combines coursework, mentoring, experiential learning

Beall family

In honor of the Beall family’s support, the campus’s entrepreneurial and innovation platform to be renamed UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Irvine, Calif., May 23, 2019 — The University of California, Irvine has received a multimillion-dollar gift from The Beall Family Foundation, led by Donald R. and Joan F. Beall. The largest portion of the gift will go to the campus’s entrepreneurial and innovation platform, UCI Applied Innovation, which will be renamed UCI Beall Applied Innovation. […]

‘Making’ a difference

Dalai Lama Scholars are organizing third annual campus event to develop products for people with disabilities

Better parenting is in the cards

UCI startup incubator helps doctoral student market innovative game promoting life skills

UCI to make a splash at innovation event

UCI will be featured prominently at this year’s Innovator of the Year Awards, hosted by the Orange County Business Journal. The keynote speaker at the event, to be held at Hotel Irvine on Sept. 20, is Richard Sudek, chief innovation officer and executive director at UCI Applied Innovation. Sudek’s organization is a dynamic, innovative central […]

Founded on UCI research, biotech company developing heart therapeutics moves into Cove

Novoheart, a global stem cell biotechnology company developing heart therapeutics that was co-founded by UCI biomedical engineer Michelle Khine, has opened a flagship office at the Cove. Home to UCI Applied Innovation and other key organizations, the Cove features 46,000 square feet of technological facilities and collaborative office space. The complex supports the burgeoning innovation […]

6 faculty entrepreneurs are selected for first proof-of-product grants from Applied Innovation

Six UCI professors are recipients of the first proof-of-product grants from Applied Innovation. These POP awards provide up to $125,000 each for innovators to move promising technologies closer to commercialization. More than 20 applications were submitted and reviewed by domain experts and industry advisers. The awardees and their projects are: Jeffrey Krichmar, professor of cognitive […]

$2.2 million from state will help speed UCI research to commercial market

Applied Innovation to administer funds via Bridging Innovation Gaps Initiative

UCI student entrepreneurs do battle in business plan competition

12 winning teams share $100,000 in cash, prizes at annual event