Pamir Alpay has been appointed vice-president for research, innovation and entrepreneurship at University of Connecticut on a permanent basis.

Paul Corson is the new executive director of UT Arlington’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Development, joining from University of Utah.

Ed Bussey has been hired as chief executive of Oxford Science Enterprises, with Jack Edmondson coming on board as the fund’s first-ever chief investment officer.

Julie Heath is moving on from Indiana Economic Development Corp to become the inaugural executive director of the IU Innovates Hub.

Anne Muir has left her position as head of IP and commercialisation at the University of Dundee after more than four years. Muir is now director of portfolio management at Eos, a Scottish seed investment. Muir first worked for the university as head of knowledge exchange from March 2015 to February 2017 and later joined […]

Matt Perkins is stepping down from his position as chief executive of Oxford University Innovation after seven years.

University of Texas (UT) Dallas’ Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has hired Carol Marcus-Rehtmeyer as executive director. She will also be an associate professor of instruction at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Marcus-Rehtmeyer has considerable experience in the nonprofit sector. She most recently co-founded the South Texas Animal Rescue and Veterinary Clinic in January […]

Wayne Plourde has taken over as director of RIT’s Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office.