MIT wireless energy transfer firm WiTricity announce two hires to senior leadership team.

Sodhani will retire at the start of 2016, and will be replaced by Wendell Brooks in a move that will merge Intel's venture capital and M&A activities.

Andrew McCartney, part of Microsoft Ventures as one of its entrepreneurs in residence, has co-founded a fund called Whitespace that will support corporate spin-outs.

Colorado University names new vice chancellor for research at its Boulder campus.

Stanford president John Hennessy announces that he will vacate his position in 2016.

Jessica Verrilli, who was instrumental in Twitter's acquisitions of Vine and Periscope among others, is set to join Google Ventures as a partner.

Robert Gordon University names head of commercialisation.