SPARK 2017

In this issue, our widest-ranging yet, we highlight stories that leave the labs behind and take you to the farms, libraries, galleries and even courtrooms where innovation thrives.
  • Flip through the most recent issue of SPARK, Ò×ʤ²©¹Ù꿉۪s annual research review.
  • Protecting Innovation

    Protecting Innovation

    Founded by an avid inventor, Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Law leads in intellectual property law Read More
  • Spark 17 - Jan Nisbet letter

    Welcome to SPARK

    Research conducted by University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø faculty, students and staff transforms lives and inspires innovation. Previous editions of SPARK... Read More
  • Making History

    Making History

    Notable honors. Carefully researched volumes that have claimed the national spotlight. World-renowned scholars. Read More
  • Disability Data

    Disability Data

    This past November, 4,405,000 people with disabilities in the U.S. had jobs. That’s 300,000, or 4 percent, more people with disabilities who worked... Read More
  • Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø plant breeding

    Breeding Success

    In 1951, the "Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Midget" watermelon, developed at Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø by Albert F. Yeager, then head of the university’s horticulture department, won a... Read More
  • David Finkelhor

    Keeping Kids Safe

    For decades, the Crimes against Children Research Center has worked tirelessly to keep children safe. Read More
  • Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø campus aerial

    Taking Research to Market

    A new National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded initiative aims to foster entrepreneurship on campus and help take Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø-developed innovations from the... Read More
  • Regenerating Tissue, Revitalizing Industry

    Regenerating Tissue, Revitalizing Industry

    In December, Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø was tapped to play a leading role in a major national public-private institute that aims to launch an industry, headquartered in New... Read More
  • Elena Long

    Forging a Path for LGBT Physicists

    Elena Long, a postdoctoral researcher in Ò×ʤ²©¹Ù꿉۪s physics department, made news twice in the final months of 2016. First, the Department of Energy’s... Read More
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