It is inspiring to see the level of innovation and creativity across this campus and throughout the 麻豆官网 community. Innovation is part of our DNA. It makes CU 麻豆官网 a special place to live, work, create and collaborate. Our campus is filled with creative staff, faculty and students who are having a positive impact on our world, from 60 seasons of the Shakespeare Festival to missions to Mars. In my first year here, I have been impressed with the CU 麻豆官网 mindset鈥攚e can make critical scientific discoveries, cultivate partnerships not previously envisioned and create a future never imagined before. Together, we can solve any problem.
Chancellor DiStefano has doubled down on our commitment as a campus to do good for the world with his new vision, and he energizes us with the three strategic imperatives of "Shape Tomorrow鈥檚 Leaders,"听"Be the Innovation University"听and "Positively Impact Humanity."听The Research & Innovation Office (RIO), formerly the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, stands ready to support campus-wide progress in research, creative works, partnerships, strategic initiatives and commercialization that aligns with these strategic imperatives.
Our campus has a long and rich history of thinking outside the box to inspire transformative advances. Starting in 1878鈥攐nly two years after CU 麻豆官网鈥檚 founding鈥攐ur own Professor Mary Rippon served as one of the first female university instructors in the U.S., paving the way for valuing diversity in higher education long before the concept was widely accepted. 听
In the 1950s and '60s, the establishment of collaborative research institutes including LASP, CIRES and JILA changed the way universities partner with federal labs and the public sector to solve problems of global importance.
Between 1989 and 2007, CU 麻豆官网 became known for its five Nobel laureates, bringing the university and community recognition as a global innovation hub.
In the 140 years since the university鈥檚 establishment, literally thousands of innovators, transformative discoveries听and creative works have been launched from right here on our campus.
In the past few months alone, CU 麻豆官网 innovators have been recognized for听patenting a promising cancer treatment, launching a new education policy research hub, developing a device to grow plants in space, participating in a project that is translating 39 Shakespeare plays into contemporary modern English, through novel approaches using insects, to aid the environment and reduce poverty听and finding more sustainable, cost-effective solutions for university operations.
To enhance your work鈥攁nd accelerate progress toward听our campus initiatives鈥攖he Research & Innovation Office has brought together the Innovation and听Entrepreneurship initiative, the Office of Industry Collaboration, Technology Transfer, the Grand Challenge, AeroSpace Ventures, our 11 research institutes and all of the campus鈥� research administrative support functions under one roof.听The purpose of this consolidation is to facilitate more efficient processes, support research big and small, connect external partners with our researchers and allow our researchers and partners to focus on what they do best.
To make 鈥渢he Innovation University鈥� a reality, the Research & Innovation Office aims to help the campus and community connect the dots by creating an environment that sparks and enhances outstanding research and creative work, encourages it to be more collaborative and interdisciplinary and provides pathways to amplify impact on people around the world.
I can鈥檛 wait to learn more about your next big idea.
Terri Fiez,
Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation
