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June 19, 2008
Indiana and Purdue Propose Alliance to Improve State's Economy and Health
Indiana University and Purdue University are proposing today to form a broad alliance that seeks to improve the state’s economy and its public health by fostering new research, bolstering companies in biology and health-related industries, and increasing the number of health-care professionals being trained in Indiana.
The universities say they plan to ask the Legislature to provide $35-million in each of the next two fiscal years to help create what the institutions are calling the Indiana Innovation Alliance.
The money would be focused on supporting medical, pharmaceutical, bioenergy, nanotechnology, and environmental research that has business applications, including the potential to spawn new companies. Funds would also be used to increase enrollment at Indiana University’s School of Medicine by 30 percent over six years and to expand the medical programs the school offers at eight regional centers.
Indiana and Purdue would collaborate with each other, and with businesses, to develop and share research and facilities. University leaders said they wanted to use the alliance to improve the state’s fiscal health and the health of its population.
“The cost of health-care benefits is a very significant factor when companies make decisions about where to locate,” said Victor L. Lechtenberg, Purdue’s vice provost for engagement. “Right now Indiana is at a disadvantage because we have a negative reputation that is backed up by statistics. For example, our rates of obesity, diabetes, and smoking are above average. The alliance will address those and other health factors.” —Sara Hebel
Posted on Thursday June 19, 2008 | Permalink |Comments
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These “programs” and “institutes” usually have few if any significant benefits to the communties they claim to serve. How about Indiana’s dumping 50 million into its School of Informatics, which, at this point, is near disfunctional. Science has managed to dazzle the public with talk of jobs and improved lives, with little to show for it.
— Chris K Jun 19, 02:36 PM #
Chris — you’re absolutely right. Science has done nothing to improve lives. I say we go back to the Dark Ages before everyone started using this silly scientific method.
— Merlin Jun 19, 03:38 PM #
“Merlin,” nice to see you have a grip on nuance of argument, and history for that matter. Here’s my point, spoon fed for you: most scientific initiatives that purport to form collaborations between schools and communities, don’t do much to help those communities. Yes, it does happen here and there, but largely, these are ploys by schools to fund the expansion of those schools.
— Chris K Jun 19, 11:24 PM #
well science has changed people’s lives especially in the health sector.
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