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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[File:Binghamton-university-sign.jpg|frame|Binghamton-university-sign.jpg]] <span style="font-size:medium;">Binghamton University, primarily known for being a research-based institution, is a public university located in Vestal, New York. It is home to 13,632&nbsp; undergraduate and 3,660 graduate students coming from a total of 44 states and 114 different countries. The university consists of 7 different schools including - but not limited to - Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, the Decker School of Nursing, the School of Management, etc. strongly pushing entrepreneurship. After years of development and planning, the infrastructure is in place to allow startups to thrive.&nbsp; Student engagement with these resources is low, relatively speaking. Pushing more students towards the university’s infrastructure is a cornerstone to not only the office of innovation’s mission but also the office of the president. Being one of the most cost effective educations in the northeast is pushing more qualified students into the school but somehow they are not filtering into the entrepreneurship track as well as they could be.</span></span>

<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">There are myriad efforts to grow innovation and entrepreneurship on campus. As a result of the world-wide shift towards experiential and hands-on learning, Binghamton has also increased their efforts in this regard.</font>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">The faculty at Binghamton will often engage with their students in conversation about innovation and entrepreneurship, however, they typically will not initiate the conversation. Rather, they will follow students and engage when students want to further their own ideas or learn more on the subject.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Despite Binghamton's status as a research university, much of the research is allocated in the social and technological sciences. There is not much promotion of research in the area of innovation. Although the investment in this area is small, it is growing. You can find more about faculty research '''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/entrepreneurship/researchconnection.html here]'''. However, this is predicted to change in the near future, as a result of new New York state grants and the opening of various incubators in the area. You can learn more about them in subsequent sections.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">As a young university, there have not been long-standing efforts or funding to provide the services of tech transfer, however, the university has made changes in recent years.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">Further, there have been other efforts that help with the legal logistics and venture capital adventures for both students and the greater Binghamton area. Because most of university funding is not allocated in this area, there are external partnerships and funding opportunities which seek to impliment and drive economic and technologically advanced change. Key funding resources include the '''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/entrepreneurship/fundingopportunities.html Global NY Fund]''', [http://theagency-ny.com/ '''the Agency'''], and '''[https://cdn.esd.ny.gov/NewsRoom/Data/2015/08032015_NYVentures_PR.pdf New York Ventures]'''. Students are able to access these fantastic and growing resources through the '''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/entrepreneurship/index.html Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship]''', located downtown.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">In the most recent years, the university has made great strides to collaborate with the surrounding areas, particularly in various industries. Their greatest effort has been in the creation of their[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vDRYTLiAI74JU9jZZIBIFK3u8wRnJlzpyH3Ou3-qoJk/edit?usp=sharing &nbsp;'''Innovative Technology Center'''], an extremely advanced building, which serves as a home and incubator for technological, scientific, and entrepreneurial partnership.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Further, there have been captial partnerships with the university, including [https://esd.ny.gov/startup-ny-program '''Start-Up NY'''], the [https://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/cfa/project/230329 '''Binghamton Incubator'''], as well as the '''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/entrepreneurship/17nysbpc.html New York Business Plan Competition]'''. All of these organizations seek to inspire local inhabitants to make real change in our area.</span>

<span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Most students on campus are not heavily involved with the surrounding community, as entreprenurship resources are underutilized. Additionally, there exists a "bubble" around the university; most students are unaware of the food desert and detriments of gentrification. Most citizens of Binghamton are driven out of their housing as a result of spiking rental rates, because students can afford to pay more. Despite these negative circumstances, there are gradual changes being made.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-size:larger;">Our economic programs have grown substantially in the past few years; in June of 2017, the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator opened. This incubator was created with New York state funding in order to bolster the economic conditon of the state and several of the communities, many of which exist under the poverty line. The incubator seeks to collaborate with community organizations in order to promote commerce within the state. You can learn more about it [https://www.google.com/search?q=koffman+incubator&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS704US776&oq=koffman+incubator&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.2277j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 here].</span></span>

David Jacobson Profile:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:DavidEJacobson http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/David_Jacobson]

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