Since its passage, the Bayh-Dole Act has bolstered US economic output by up to $1.7 trillion, supported 5.9 million jobs and helped lead to more than 14,000 spinouts.

GUV Personality of the Year awardee Mark Mann has launched his own consultancy after having overseen Oxford’s social enterprises portfolio.

Lindsay Klee is the new senior director of technology commercialisation at Wayne State University, having previously worked twice for University of Michigan.

CEO Alan Aubrey and CIO Mike Townend are stepping down today, although both will remain employees for six months and consultants thereafter.

University of Rochester has rehired Harl Tolbert, currently with Pennsylvania State University, as associate vice-president of URVentures.

Raghupathy “Siva” Sivakumar has been appointed as the university’s inaugural vice-president of commercialisation and chief commercialisation officer.

François Hédé has taken over as president of Linksium, succeeding Gilles Talbotier who had led the tech transfer organisation for six years.

Dedric Carter has been appointed as Washington University in St Louis first vice chancellor for innovation and chief commercialisation officer.

Daryush Ila, a 10-year tech transfer veteran at FSU, will assume the vice-president for innovation and research role at UWG.