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The Innovation Network advances conversations around innovation and knowledge transfer. Innovation consists of intellectual, creative, and business processes—from ideation to implementation—that lead to application of new knowledge to solve problems of identifiable markets or user groups, or to otherwise enhance society. Innovation requires an intellectual orientation that is collaborative, transdisciplinary, problem-solving oriented, and risk-tolerant. Innovation and creativity are not limited to technology development and business formation. They lead to societal, economic, technological, policy, artistic, or cultural outcomes. In a way, we are, today, reinventing new forms, based on the original form of university economic development—Cooperative Extension—in place since the late 19th century.
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Post-Summit Spotlight: Driving Alliances for Regional Prosperity
https://vimeo.com/1154090407?fl=pl&fe=ti UEDA is hosted a special post-summit, virtual discussion that featured the 2025 UEDA Awards of Excellence category leaders in the Engaged University category and recipient of the Judges’ Award. The Awards of...
Impacts of the EDA University Center Program and Looking Ahead
The University Economic Development Association (UEDA) expresses disappointment in the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s recent decision to discontinue the long-standing University Center (UC) Program. For more than forty years, the program anchored higher...
UEDA Innovation Network Hosts University of Utah
Strategic Pivoting: How Universities Can Pivot to Turn Challenges into Opportunities with the University of Utah https://vimeo.com/1088868939?share=copy RECAP The webinar explored what pivoting looks like in a university innovation context, noting that...
Press Release For Immediate Release: UEDA Announces 2024 Awards of Excellence Winners
PDF Arlington, VA – October 16, 2024 – The University Economic Development Association (UEDA) announced the Awards of Excellence winners at its 2024 Summit, held from October 7-9 in South Bend, IN. This prestigious award celebrates programs that represent outstanding...
2024 UEDA Summit Call For Workshops & Presentations: Portal Is Now Open!
The 2024 UEDA Summit is calling for proposals for workshops and presentations! Click here to read more information about the summit theme and application details. Click here to submit a proposal!
