News Archive

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Innovation
February 19, 2024
Enabling wellness is the goal of two UO-based startups
NatureQuant and ReDefine Health Promotion address nature deficit and harmful body-size discrimination, respectively.
Arts and Sciences Education Sport and Wellness Womens Innovation Network
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Innovation
September 14, 2023
Revving the innovation flywheel
In 2023, the Translational Opportunity Fund and Launch Oregon were major high notes in the UO’s innovation ecosystem.
Internal funding Launch Oregon Startup Translational Opportunity Program Womens Innovation Network
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Innovation
May 25, 2023
Women’s Innovation Network graduates 22 in second cohort
Founded in 2021, the Women’s Innovation Network is a nine-month program that helps UO faculty, graduate students, and entrepreneurs navigate the technology transfer process.
Womens Innovation Network
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Innovation
June 24, 2022
Women’s Innovation Network graduates first cohort
The Women's Innovation Network (WIN) is a nine-month program that helps UO faculty, graduate students, and entrepreneurs in our community navigate the process of technology transfer, which is how new innovations are turned into products and commercialized.
Startup Womens Innovation Network
Headshot of Mandy Gettler.
Innovation
May 27, 2022
UO’s Mandy Gettler named to Eugene 20 under 40 list
Mandy Gettler, Senior Innovation Asset Administrator in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, has been honored by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce for her role in creating the Women’s Innovation Network.
Research Honors Womens Innovation Network