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Central Mass. Innovation Schools Proposed 
Worcester Business Journal - Livia Gershon - ‎Feb 24, 2011‎
Three local school districts have approved proposals for eight new "innovation schools" in Central Massachusetts. Five of the new schools are being proposed in Worcester, along with one in Framingham, one in the North Middlesex ...
http://www.wbjournal.com/news48476.html

Google's Mayer talks innovation at Cal Poly 
Pacific Coast Business Times - Stephen Nellis - ‎Feb 25, 2011‎
Those innovations and others are under way at Google, according to Marissa Mayer, one of the company's top executives, who spoke at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Feb. 24. Mayer, Google employee No. 19 and the company's first female engineer, ...
http://pacbiztimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2200&Itemid=1

Crain's photo gallery: 2011 NorTech Innovation Awards reception 
Crain's Cleveland Business - ‎Feb 25, 2011‎
In delivering the evening's keynote address, Dr. Fujita said, “together, we can make a built on technology and innovation is the future of Northeast Ohio.” Ivan Henderson, commissioner of event sponsor Cleveland Public Power, addresses the crowd. ...
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20110225/FREE/302259998/1107&Profile=1107

Boulder Innovation Center gets $5000 grant 
Boulder County Business Report - ‎Feb 21, 2011‎
BOULDER — The Boulder Innovation Center said Wells Fargo Bank will continue its support for the business incubator. Wells Fargo gave the nonprofit center a $5000 grant. The Boulder Innovation Center receives support from corporate and public ...
http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=56217

Real Innovation@Xerox: Xerox Drives Innovation with Virtual Lab Open to All 
Business Wire (press release) - ‎Feb 24, 2011‎
Open Xerox is an online technology portal, providing instant access to the latest Xerox innovations and allowing anyone to test pilot technology and provide feedback directly to lab scientists and engineers. "At Xerox we encourage change, ...
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110224005200/en/Real-InnovationXerox-Xerox-Drives-Innovation-Virtual-Lab

Ivy Tech, Innovation Center Announce Business Contest 
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - ‎Feb 23, 2011‎
Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast and the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center are launching a new business contest. Launch: New Venture Competition will allow one Ivy Tech student to win up to $50000 to start a business. Organizers say the contest ...
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=46310

USC Stevens Institute for Innovation Funds Seven Breakthrough USC Innovations 
Business Wire (press release) - ‎Feb 23, 2011‎
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of Southern California's Stevens Institute for Innovation, a university-wide resource that helps USC innovators make maximum impact beyond traditional academic means, today announced it will award $439000 in ...
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110223006725/en/USC-Stevens-Institute-Innovation-Funds-Breakthrough-USC

ChinaBio® Partnering Forum 2011 Highlights China Innovation 
Business Wire (press release) - ‎Feb 23, 2011‎
This year an Innovation Showcase has been added to the event to highlight novel technology development in China. The Innovation Showcase will feature over 30 top professors and researchers from China's leading universities and institutes presenting ...
BIO Invites Nominations for the 2011 George Washington Carver Award for ... 
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110223005747/en/ChinaBio%C2%AE-Partnering-Forum-2011-Highlights-China-Innovation

Business Wire (press release) - ‎3 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The fourth annual George Washington Carver Award will recognize an individual who has demonstrated significant and innovative accomplishments that have employed industrial biotechnology to facilitate the advancement of a ...
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110228006263/en/BIO-Invites-Nominations-2011-George-Washington-Carver

Aptina Named 2010 EDN Innovation Award Finalist 
Business Wire (press release) - ‎Feb 22, 2011‎
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aptina, a leading innovator of CMOS imaging technology, today announced that its high-performance, feature-rich APS-C format 16 megapixel (MP) MT9H004 image sensor has been chosen as a finalist in the 2010 EDN Innovation Award ...
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110222005763/en/Aptina-Named-2010-EDN-Innovation-Award-Finalist