by MBJ Staff Published: March 30,2012
Tags: business incubator, colleges, community development, economic development, education, faculty, grand opening, higher education, incubator, learning, opening, research, small businesses, Staff, start-up companies, students, technology, universities
OXFORD — University of Mississippi officials are set to celebrate the grand opening of Insight Park, a world-class research park, at 3 p.m. April 5 on Insight Park Avenue (formerly Hathorn Road). The research park provides a place where technology and research-based companies can work with the university’s research faculty and students to take advantage [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS — Seven people, including a Mississippi educator, have applied so far to be president of the University of New Orleans. William E. McHenry, executive director of the Mississippi e-Center and professor of Chemistry at Jackson State University, is among the candidates. In a news release, the University of Louisiana System said others have [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 30,2011
Tags: business incubator, colleges, defense, education, Entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, higher education, manufacturing, military, research and development, startup companies, universities
HATTIESBURG — RSDecon recently hosted an open house of its patented Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL) that is produced at the University of Southern Mississippi’s materials science laboratory and business incubator, The Accelerator. RSDecon is a subsidiary of Bracco Diagnostics’ Healthcare Protective Products Division (HPPD). “I can tell you that one of the major selling [...] [...]
MOSS POINT — Pascagoula officials have decided to restore its funding to the Jackson County Small Business Incubator. The city council voted yesterday to give the incubator the $10,000 that had been requested, up from the $2,500 the board originally approved. The Mississippi Press says the board was acting on the advice of City Manager [...] [...]
HANCOCK COUNTY — In order to fuel business development success for clients, Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MSET) has added an Affiliate Program to its existing portfolio of services. The Affiliate Program is a new offering to companies not resident at Stennis Space Center and an expanded feature to companies already resident within MSET facilities located [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — Just three months after opening its doors, the University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM’s) business incubator – called The Accelerator – is operating in high gear. Officially labeled The National Materials Science Innovation and Commercialization Accelerator, the new venture became the first facility to open in The Garden, the university’s Innovation and Commercialization Park, [...] [...]