Stories Archive - Page 23 of 26 - Innovation Quarter

Barry I. Freedman, MD, Nephrologist – Innovation Award Winner

April 1, 2016

Though he’s lived in Winston-Salem for nearly 30 years, Barry Freedman, MD, still sounds like a New Yorker. “I can get in more words per minute than just about anyone else at the Medical Center,” said Freedman, the John H. Felts, III MD Distinguished Professor…

Jerome McKay: Bootleg Scientist

March 28, 2016

Innovators of all kinds populate the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter: entrepreneurs, researchers, coffee aficionados, advertisers, artists. But only one calls himself a “bootleg scientist.” Jerome McKay is a grad student, one of many who pursue an education in the Innovation Quarter. His academic home is…

Juice Boost: Village Juice Co. Squeezes into the Innovation Quarter

March 3, 2016

Healthy eating is no longer a pipe dream. In fact, Pipe Dream—a delicious concoction that includes cucumber, apple, kale, ginger and turmeric—is now a part of the lineup of cold-pressed juices making nutritious choices a snap in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter. The vividly named juices…

Community, Entrepreneurship

Allan Younger Advocates for Small Biz

January 25, 2016

As one of the fastest growing urban innovation districts in the United States, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter brings a vast array of people from all walks of life to the same patch of innovation heaven. More than 3,100 people work here, along with 2,000 students…

A mess of tabloids featuring David Bowie on the cover.

Community

From the President: We Hear Tomorrow Coming

January 14, 2016

The passing of music icon David Bowie brought an outpouring of memories of his music, his style and his shape-shifting persona. But amidst the tributes and retrospectives, one snapshot stood out to me as indicative of not only who Bowie was as an artist, but…

Ecosystem

Advancing Safety in Youth Football And Other Sports

December 23, 2015

A sobering question that has haunted sports columns and editorial pages is now making its way to movie theaters across the country: Is America’s most popular sport also its most dangerous? Despite record-setting television ratings and multi-billion dollar revenues, the National Football League is plagued…

Nicole Levi-Polyachenko, pictured with her husband, Alex Polyachenko, received the Innovation Award from Eric Tomlinson (while proudly sporting the ugly sweater theme of the night's event)

Community, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Innovation Award Winner: Nicole Levi- Polyachenko, “Just the Nerd”

December 22, 2015

Nicole Levi-Polyachenko, PhD, originally wanted to be a nuclear physicist. To that end, she earned undergraduate degrees in physics and math and then a master’s in physics. “But along the way I determined that nuclear physics wasn’t the most lucrative career path and that there…

Blue monochromatic drawing of North Carolina

Ecosystem

Three Ways North Carolina is Growing Its Reputation for Innovation

December 21, 2015

The state of North Carolina is frequently listed in top lists of innovative states by the likes of Bloomberg Business and CNBC. The Washington Post even named North Carolina one of its “Innovation Champions” for 2015. How does a state like North Carolina build a…

Mullen Lowe employees gather around a buffet table, celebrating a company milestone.

Entrepreneurship

Mullen Lowe’s Approach to Advertising & Creativity

December 18, 2015

It’s an age-old question: How do you build a reputation for creativity in an industry that is—at its core—creative? For Mullen Lowe, one of the top ad agencies in the world, the answer lies in thinking differently. About everything. “Fundamentally, Mullen Lowe believes that creativity…

A group of women look at an old newspaper

Community, Diversity & Inclusion

Remembering the Past to Shape the Future