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Tuesday, 21 April 2009 17:36
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University and Purdue University joined together Feb. 17 for the 18th annual Hoosiers for Higher Education Statehouse Visit and Indiana Innovation Alliance Day, making the case to state legislators for the Alliance and its importance to the state's economic future.
This marks the first time that Purdue and IU have joined forces for the annual event, in which supporters of higher education from across Indiana travel to Indianapolis to meet with their legislative representatives.
The event will include exhibits highlighting collaborative research and work done by researchers with Indiana businesses, remarks by IU President Michael A. McRobbie and Purdue President France Córdova, and opportunities for participants to meet individually with lawmakers.
Launched by Purdue and IU in June 2008, the Indiana Innovation Alliance is a broad-based research alliance to help Indiana grow its bio- and life-sciences industries, improve public health and expand medical education. The universities are proposing that the legislature provide $35 million for the alliance in each year of the 2009-11 biennial state budget.
The historic alliance between Indiana's public research universities will produce more jobs in the bioscience sectors, increased investment in research and development, better life-science solutions, more health care professionals, researchers and innovators, improved access to health care, and healthier citizens.
In the morning of Feb. 17, research collaborations and research-related business startups will be on display in the North Atrium of the Statehouse, giving lawmakers a chance to learn about the economic and medical promise of the Indiana Innovation Alliance.
Exhibits will feature collaborations by IU Bloomington, IUPUI, the IU School of Medicine and Purdue in areas such as nanotechnology, cancer care, analytic instrumentation, orthopedics and pharmaceuticals.