Dr. Julie Lumeng named to IRIS Board of Directors

Nov 16, 2023 | News

Dr. Julie Lumeng, a developmental and behavioral pediatrician and Associate Vice President for Clinical and Human Subject Research at the University of Michigan has been named the university’s representative to the IRIS Board of Directors. According to the IRIS...

Read More

New NSF project aims to measure the effects of investments on firms and jobs

Oct 26, 2023 | News

Industries of Ideas: A prototype system for measuring the effects of TIP investments on firms and jobs is an NSF-funded project to develop a new, data-driven way to measure the economic impact of federal investments in research and technology. IRIS, the Ohio Education...

Read More

Research Highlight: “The Role of Research Universities in Catalyzing Value Creation”

Oct 26, 2023 | News, Publications, Research

“The Role of Research Universities in Catalyzing Value Creation,” a chapter in the recently published De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship, uses the IRIS UMETRICS dataset to demonstrate the value created by university research. Authors: Nazha Gali and Susanna...

Read More

Dr. Dharma Akmon joins IRIS as managing director

Sep 18, 2023 | News

Dr. Dharma Akmon is the new managing director at the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Her duties include overseeing the daily operations of IRIS and coordinating outreach to current and...

Read More

IRIS data underscores the impact of research in presentation to University of Michigan Board of Regents

Aug 3, 2023 | News

IRIS Executive Director Jason Owen Smith gave a presentation to the University of Michigan Board of Regents in July 2023, relying heavily on IRIS data to demonstrate the wide range of economic impacts provided by university-based research.  

Read More

Webinar: “Greater Than The Sum of Our Parts: The Collective Impact of University Research,” 7/20/23

Jul 17, 2023 | News

From local purchases of research-related goods and services to the creation of a STEM-trained workforce, the effects of university-based research on local, regional and state economies are hard to overstate. Yet the impacts of research institutions can often be...

Read More