UConn Today – Potentiometric Probes, a biotech startup based on UConn Health technology, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new class of voltage-sensitive dyes.

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UConn Today – Nursing students Jasmeen Mohammed and Katlin DiPietro couldn’t wait to tell visitors at the Fall Entrepreneurship & Innovation Expo about their project, which is designed to calm elderly patients when they’re in the hospital.

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Connecticut by the Numbers – A new analysis of the status of the business startup community in six American cities – including Hartford – has found that Connecticut’s Capitol City has “strong startup potential,” and in some ways is already standing out among peers and competitors.

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Wesleyan University – Steve Stemler, associate professor of psychology, participated in the High Value Talents and Innovators’ Entrepreneurship Retreat Oct. 26-27 on campus. The new industry-academic initiative, supported by the CTNext Higher Education Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund works to increase entrepreneurial education and output among the state’s top researchers. The event was sponsored by Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship.

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