Moving innovation to impact
Article by Karen B. Roberts Photos by Maria Errico and Evan Krape June 23, 2025 Campus innovation community shares lessons for translating discoveries to market Academic research labs are engines of discovery — powering advances in fields like biopharmaceuticals, satellite navigation and the touch-screen technology. (That last one? It grew out of electrical and computer engineering graduate research […]
Remembering Robert A. Holton, 81: Pioneering Chemist Behind Lifesaving Taxol
Robert A. Holton, an esteemed organic chemist and professor at Florida State University, passed away at age 81 on May 21, 2025. He was best known for developing a semisynthetic method to produce the cancer drug Taxol (paclitaxel), enabling its large-scale manufacturing and preserving endangered Pacific yew trees. This breakthrough led to lifesaving treatments for […]
Opinion: Universities must become active launchpads for innovation
Gene R. Keselman and Fiona Murray wrote an opinion piece and posted in on TheHill.com
