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Wake Forest University and the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma partner to make youth football safer.
Ecosystem

Academic-Industry Collaboration Best Practices

June 11, 2021
All too often, we hear about the barriers to academic-industry collaboration and parnterships. Academia moves too slowly for eager startups. Risk-averse, financially motivated corporations stifle academic research and development. The truth is, partnerships between academic and corporate entities are becoming key to accelerating research, innovation…
The Depot Street Mural in the Innovation Quarter is one way iQ promotes diversity and inclusion.
Community, Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion in Innovation Districts

June 1, 2021
Not unlike the innovation process, collaboration and diversity play a role in advancing inclusion. However, realizing a genuine sense of inclusion also requires intention. Leading innovation districts are built on strategies where inclusion is woven into all aspects of its development—and it shows. These areas…
SciTech program encourages interest in STEAM subjects
Community

Top 3 Innovation District Best Practices

May 27, 2021
Innovation districts are popping up across the world, dismantling the norms of the workaday world and breathing new life into under-performing spaces. However, many underestimate what goes into establishing one that can drive such transformative disruption. It isn’t just about reinventing shared physical spaces—it’s about…
Diversity & Inclusion, Ecosystem

Health Equity Initiatives in the Innovation Quarter

May 24, 2021
Discover how iQ community members—from med students to leaders in clinical care and research—are working to alleviate health inequities at home and nationally. Winston-Salem has some of the largest health and economic disparities in the country—and our community is helping lead the charge for change.…
ACCESS Center for Equity + Success fuels the innovation ecosystem in iQ
Ecosystem

How Innovation Ecosystems Fuel Downtown Revitalization

May 19, 2021
Successful innovation districts become hatching grounds that allow intellect, leaders and communities to grow. Not only do they provide the physical space and an innovation ecosystem from which ideas can spring forward, but they are also catalysts for positive change in the immediate surrounding areas.…
Bailey Park is public greenspace at the heart of the iQ innovation district.
Community

What Is an Innovation District?

May 13, 2021
What You Need to Know About Innovation Districts Visit almost any thriving metropolitan area, and you’ll notice at least one thing they have in common—a section of the city that’s buzzing with activity. Here you’ll find professionals, students and families mingling amongst each other; buildings…
Community

5 Ways the Coal Pit Invigorates Winston-Salem

May 9, 2021
The Coal Pit at the Innovation Quarter once housed—you guessed it—the coal that fueled the factories and warehouses of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. For decades, this massive energy generator fed Winston-Salem's economy as well—employing men and women alike, including a large percentage from the Black…

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