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Phoenix invests big in health care and biosciences hoping to boost economy and add jobs
September 13, 2020 | Arizona Republic |
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Companies are investing billions in Phoenix’s bioscience and health care industries, which is expected to bring 7,000 new jobs.
Phoenix recovered more slowly than the rest of the nation after the Great Recession, taking years to recoup lost jobs.
But this time around, the region might see faster recovery from the COVID-19 recession.
One big reason is the city’s changing economic landscape, which has begun to rely less on construction and focus increasingly on sectors like health care and bioscience.
Those industries are more resilient in the face of economic changes, said Christine Mackay, community and economic development director for the city of Phoenix. She said the city has |
seen significant growth in health care and bioscience over the past few years…
The idea is to create a center for different researchers, students and business entrepreneurs in the science field to mix together, according to Wexford’s vice president Thomas Osha.
“They can bump into new entrepreneurs, they can learn about new ideas, or they can just find talent,” he said.
The building (850 N. 5th Street) is expected to be complete this fall. Osha said he expects the space to attract new companies to Phoenix and said Wexford is in discussion to build another four or five more buildings in the area to create an innovation district in Phoenix. |
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| David McDonald is a healthcare anthropologist and entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of LIFT a research and design agency focused on patient engagement and empowerment. His firm helps healthcare and life science companies better understand the people they seek to serve by approaching product marketing and patient education & empowerment through a human-centered lens. |
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| Wake Forest to host College Game Day when Clemson visits Sept. 12
September 5, 2020 | North State Journal
Wake Forest announced that its season-opening game against the No. 1 Clemson Tigers next Saturday will be the site for show’s first broadcast of the 2020 football season.
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| Duke joins $115M program to focus on development of quantum computing
September 3, 2020 | WRAL Tech Wire
Duke University is joining 14 U.S. institutions in a five-year, $115 million effort to forge the technological solutions needed to harness quantum information science for discoveries that benefit the world.
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| David Krietor named first executive director of Phoenix Biomedical Campus
August 28, 2020 | Phoenix Business Journal
The Phoenix Biomedical Campus has selected its first executive director to take the fast-growing 15-year-old campus to a new level of growth.
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| Reopening of Quorum Lounge
September 8, 2020 | Patch
Starting on 9/8 the Quorum Lounge at 3675 Market Street will re-open to the public. If you’re looking for clean, comfortable spot to work you can stop by the Quorum Lounge Mondays – Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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| This Monumental Piece of Public Art Is Gone, But Certainly Not Forgotten
August 19, 2020 | Go Local Prov
This monumental piece of public art was installed last September outside the Point225 innovation center as part of our partnership with Wexford Science & Technology. It was supposed to remain on display for three years and now, after less than a full year, it’s gone.
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| This 10-year pledge aims to get more women, Black and Latinx Philadelphians in STEM careers
August 13, 2020 | Technical.ly Philly
Though Philadelphia ranked second in a recent list of best cities for STEM diversity, but there’s still plenty of work to do to ensure underrepresented groups have access to the industry that so often spells prosperity for its workers.
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| Debra A. Cafaro Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
Debra A. Cafaro, Chairman and CEO of Ventas, Inc., was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). As part of the 2020 class, Cafaro was recognized for her business, corporate and philanthropic leadership alongside 275 artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors who represent today’s most innovative thinkers in every field and profession. Founded in 1780, the AAAS honors excellence and convenes multidisciplinary leaders to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together “to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people.” With more than 13,500 members elected since its inception, AAAS serves as both an honorary society that recognizes and celebrates the excellence of its members, and an independent research center that brings together leaders from across disciplines, professions and perspectives to address significant challenges that inform public policy and advance the public good.
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| Charlotte’s Wake Forest medical school could look like this
August 12, 2020 | Winston-Salem Journal
Atrium and Wake Forest Baptist announced April 10, 2019, they had signed a memorandum of understanding with the primary goal of “creating a next-generation academic health care system.”
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| Chemotherapy for rare cancer fine-tuned with organoids
August 10, 2020 | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Press Release
A patient-specific tumor organoid model is being used to identify the most effective chemotherapy protocol to treat appendix and colon tumors, a personalized medicine approach that is showing promise.
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| Construction Projects Paused by the Pandemic Resume with New Timelines
August 5, 2020 | DrexelNOW
“These projects individually will help to advance the mission and vision of the institution,” said Moore. “Although we’re going through this pandemic, we have to also look to the future.
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| Start-Up Lab Must Haves
August 3, 2020 | Lab Managers
As Osha puts it, space provides an advantage when it allows for a concentration of people and ideas. He is seeing more development of “public realm”-type spaces such as gathering spaces, lobbies, and cafés—and more recently, outdoor plazas and exterior campus spaces…
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| Why cultural context is important for innovation districts
July 30, 2020 | Technical.ly Philly
You know the concept of innovation districts as urban pockets that connect anchor institutions, influential companies and startups to stimulate commerce and new developments….
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| University City Science Center names Tiffany Wilson as new president and CEO
August 24, 2020 | Technical.ly Philly
Tiffany Wilson, the recent CEO of the Global Center for Medical Innovation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that supports the development and commercialization of medical products, will join the Science Center on Oct. 1.
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| ENR MidAtlantic Names 2020 Best Projects
July 29, 2020 | ENR Mid-Atlantic
The 2020 ENR MidAtlantic Best Projects winners include a diverse set of projects from across the region… Amicus Therapeutics received the Award of Merit for ENR Best Projects this year in Health Care.
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