Universities must foster both discovery and commercialization. As VP for IT and CIO at Purdue University (IN), Gerry McCartney has shown strong support for innovation on campus by helping researchers commercialize and market their work. In a brief Q&A, McCartney discussed his strategy with CT.
CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY: Why should universities commercialize as well as develop innovative research?
GERRY McCARTNEY: There was a time when all of the top technologies came out of universities. E-mail, the internet, and web browsers all came out of the academy. Universities were the...