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SciTech Institute Inspires Students to Pursue STEM Careers

August 18, 2016
The two dozen seventh graders laugh and flex as they don blue lab coats and safety goggles. They are seated around six lab benches in the Atkinson Science Building on the Winston-Salem State University campus, peering at the beakers, microscopes and other implements in the…

From the President: Past and Future

August 18, 2016
As summer winds to a close, vacations end and students come back to school, we find ourselves reflecting on the past while looking forward toward the future. The last several months have brought tremendous change to the Innovation Quarter. Construction has begun on developing the…
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People of the Innovation Quarter: Meet Scott Rushing

August 8, 2016
Sun pours in the glass windows of Scott Rushing’s office in 525@vine. I find the director of research information systems for Public Health Sciences fiddling with a golf putter in his office against the backdrop of some pretty amazing clouds visible out the window that…
Entrepreneurship

5 Secrets to Start-Up Company Success

August 4, 2016
What does it take to launch and grow a start-up? Local biomaterials company KeraNetics—a global leader in purified keratin medical products for wound care and tissue regeneration – is a prime example of an invention that spun out of a research laboratory at Wake Forest…
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Black Horse Studio: Innovation and the Art of Photography

July 25, 2016
It’s snowing at home in cozy Winston-Salem. But Lee Runion and Jennifer Bostic could care less: they are on a 50-foot yacht floating in the Gulf of Mexico, right off the coast of sunny Florida. The weather couldn’t be better, and the view isn’t bad…

The ABCs of Early Learning: Innovative Child Care at MudPies Downtown East

July 7, 2016
Holding hands, Nikki Pridgen and her 5-year-old daughter Ayanna walk into MudPies Downtown East. A teacher stands in the hallway decorated with artwork created by little hands, greeting each child enthusiastically by name as they enter the building. As Pridgen watches, Ayanna puts her belongings…
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People of the Innovation Quarter: Meet Jennifer Chan-Huang

June 21, 2016
Some of the questions we ask for the People of the Innovation Quarter may sound easy, but they’re actually quite difficult to answer. Take this one, for example. I asked Jennifer Chan-Huang, “What personal accomplishment makes you the most proud?” Jennifer thinks deliberately. The pause…

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