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Our school has developed Living-Learning Programs, such as Richmond Endeavor and Sophomore Scholars in Residence. Many professors also incorporate elements of innovation and entrepreneurship into their courses. So, many students are learning the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship from their classes. Additionally, we hold inspirational events for students to engage with I&amp;E in-depth, including speaker series, symposiums, and Jepson Leadership Forum. Our school also offers how-to workshops to teach students how to apply our knowledge to realBelows are some events that we have: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table dir="ltr" style="table-world contexts. Our Marketing and Communication strategies effectively help the school let students know these opportunities on campus. Medialayout:fixed;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, such as Spiderbytessans, UR Collegian Newspaper and Forum Magazine, presents a clear image of what students can learn and achieve on campus.</span> <span style="fontsans-serif;width:0px;border-sizecollapse:mediumcollapse;border:none" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1">The University of Richmond helps enable students’ passion for innovation and entrepreneurship by directly creating courses for this specific category in both undergraduate and graduate levels. Students themselves also create extracurricular activities related to I&E, such as Entrepreneurship Club and Seeds Project. Students are encouraged to enhance their learning by participating in the Business Pitch Competitiongt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2, "2":"Jepson Ethics Bowl, and more. 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The University of Richmond does not maintain a technology transfer office of any sort as it does not seem fesaible for the University to operate with limited patents, copyrights, inventions, etc that are a result of University design.collapse:collapse;border:none" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&nbspgt;&lt;tr&gt;</span><br/>&nbsplt;</span><br/><br/><span styletd data-sheets-value="font-size{"1":large2,"2">'''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts:'''<"EY Innovation Lab"}"&gt;EY Innovation Lab&lt;br/span>&nbspgt;<span style&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="font-size{"1":medium;2,"2">The University of Richmond approaches regional and local innovation and entrepreneurship in very limited ways. Upon review:"Learning Lab"}"&gt;Learning Lab&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2, the University of Richmond offers connections with a variety of regional innovation opportunities and networks such as the Greater Richmond Chamber, The Venture Forum"2":"Technology Learning Center "}"&gt;Technology Learning Center&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Modlin Design Labs (music, theater, and Feast RVAetc. These networks and organizations provide some resources to University of Richmond students)"}"&gt;Modlin Design Labs (music, theater, but looking at current student outcomes, it seems that these services and networks are not highly utilized or even highlighted or pointed out to students who might possesses an interest in exploring or developing a startup culture after the completion of the undergraduate studies.</span> <span style=etc.)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lessing Trading Floor "}"font-size:medium&gt;Lessing Trading Floor&lt;"></span> <span styletd&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="font-size{"1":medium;2,"2">The University has implemented some initiatives to have greater regional impact, which could possibly act as outlets for entrepreneurship and innovation in the university community. The biggest initiative of the university to engage with the greater community is through UR Downtown, which offers students a 'shared learning environment and platform for engaging together in the heart of a diverse metropolitan area.' It is meant to support cross:"Global music studio "}"&gt;Global music studio&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Spatial Anaylsis Lab "}"&gt;Spatial Anaylsis Lab&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-sector collaboration and economic impact in the Richmond Cityvalue="{"1":2, and also facilitate new learning opportunities using Richmond's entrepreneurial, governmental and legal hubs downtown. UR also has the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement to connect students"2":"Research Labs"}"&gt;Research Labs&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2, faculty, staff and community stakeholders in social change efforts utilizing the knowledge and potential of these communities. Bonner Scholars are named, and do social work in "2":"Digital Schoalrship Lab "}"&gt;Digital Schoalrship Lab&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;&lt;!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;In addition to the area. There spaces on campus, student employment offers students to experience the real-life work environment and helps them get ready for their professional careers after graduation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;The University of Richmond can be characterized as a place where faculty are more recently being supported and urged to be entrepreneurial. While this is true, there seems to be scope for entrepreneurial innovation through this channel as well.<br/></span>to be more short term institutional support compared to long-term. Just last year, the Robins School of Business opened the EY Innovation Lab which is intended for student and faculty use. The purpose is for faculty and students alike to have a creative space with unique needs such as all whiteboard walls. Because of this, faculty in the business school have often opted to hold classes in the room and urge students to really take advantage of it. Additionally, while there is a spatial analysis lab and various departmental research labs, there are no related graduate or certificate programs. Furthermore, there is a Creativity-Innovation-Entrepreneurship Faculty Committee which is led by the Office of the President. While faculty are more recently being pushed towards entrepreneurship and innovation, students at the University of Richmond seem to have more support and encouragement in this realm. It is also of note that the Robins School of Business may be pushed more heavily in this direction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Facilitating university-industry collaboration&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;The University of Richmond currently has 2 sustained options that prepare students for long term ventures. The Business Pitch Compeition and the McWick Case Competition provide students with the opportunity to either develop sensible, sound business plan or evaluate a business case. Both opportunities provide students a short term learning experience that aids in skill development. Both projects project monetary prizes, but to our knowledge these prizes are not enough to sustain or kick-start a fullly fleshed out venture. The University of Richmond currently lacks and infastructure that provides seed, venture or capital funding for individaul students ventures outside of academic research. Although a varitey of funds are available for academic research, these funds are typically awarded on the basis of stringent requirements being met and mostly do not appeal to students who posess the interest in developing a long-term business or venture. The University of Richmond does not maintain a technology transfer office of any sort as it does not seem fesaible for the University to operate with limited patents, copyrights, inventions, etc that are a result of University design.&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;The University of Richmond approaches regional and local innovation and entrepreneurship in very limited ways. Upon review, the University of Richmond offers connections with a variety of regional innovation opportunities and networks such as the Greater Richmond Chamber, The Venture Forum, and Feast RVA. These networks and organizations provide some resources to University of Richmond students, but looking at current student outcomes, it seems that these services and networks are not highly utilized or even highlighted or pointed out to students who might possesses an interest in exploring or developing a startup culture after the completion of the undergraduate studies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;The University has implemented some initiatives to have greater regional impact, which could possibly act as outlets for entrepreneurship and innovation in the university community. The biggest initiative of the university to engage with the greater community is through UR Downtown, which offers students a 'shared learning environment and platform for engaging together in the heart of a diverse metropolitan area.' It is meant to support cross-sector collaboration and economic impact in the Richmond City, and also facilitate new learning opportunities using Richmond's entrepreneurial, governmental and legal hubs downtown. UR also has the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement to connect students, faculty, staff and community stakeholders in social change efforts utilizing the knowledge and potential of these communities. Bonner Scholars are named, and do social work in the area. There seems to be scope for entrepreneurial innovation through this channel as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^<br/sourcetext><br/><br/><br/><br/parsererror>