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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Embedded in the university's mission and goals, is the desire to "b</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ecome a leading American center for innovation and entrepreneurship at all levels." As For that reason, there are an extraordinary number of 2018opportunities, mentorship and pitch programs, certificates, [httpsmajors, minors, clubs, accelerators, as well as collaboration and maker spaces dedicated to fostering innovative and entrepreneurial practices at ASU.</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In FY 2017 alone, ASU:</span> *<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Launched 15 start-up companies</asunow.asu.eduspan>*<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Registered 84 US patents</20180909span>*<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-asufamily: Arial; font-newssize: 15px; white-rankedspace: pre-mostwrap;">Secured 97 major licencing and option agreements</span>*<span style="background-innovativecolor: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-USfamily: Arial; font-schoolsize: 15px; white-fourthspace: pre-time ASU has been ranked the most innovative university in the country] for four consecutive years by a US News and World Report survey of academic leaders.wrap;">Issued 277 invention disclosures</span>

<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As of 2018, </span>[https://asunow.asu.edu/20180909-asu-news-ranked-most-innovative-US-school-fourth-time ASU has been named ranked the most innovative university in america the US]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">for four consecutive years in , according to a rowUS News and World Report survey of academic leaders. </span><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This recognition speaks to the fact that ASU has a wide variety of organizational structures that help develop, support, grow, and maintain innovation and entrepreneurship. Here is a brief summary of the key divisions:</span></font>

<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="colorfont-size: rgb(0, 0, 0)15px; fontwhite-familyspace: Arialpre-wrap; ">[https://research.asu.edu/ Knowledge Enterprise Development] (KED) is a transdisciplinary, multi-unit division which</span></font><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">summary"advances research, innovation, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship and economic development at ASU, in Arizona and globally." KED oversees a number of offices, initiatives, and institutes which help foster the translation of research to practice and the exchange of knowledge and resources into and out of the university. One of the key units is the [https://entrepreneurship.asu.edu/ Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation] which provides training, mentoring, funding, and networking resources to students, faculty, and the greater Phoenix community. KED also oversees over</span>  

<span id="docs-internal-guid-80fcdbe9-2cd2-d402-20f0-f5fa55167bc8">[http://ui.asu.edu/ <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The Office of University Initiatives</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(UI)</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">is a cultural catalyst at ASU. UI helps ASU meet its innovation needs by connecting ideas with people and resources to make an impact. Through collaboration with other offices and departments across the university, in addition to state, national and international leaders, UI helps to shape and realize ASU’s innovation goals. Much of UI’s work falls into five overlapping categories: advancing ASU’s New American University agenda, entrepreneurship, social embeddedness, university innovation, and education. UI is one of the chief advocate advocates for entrepreneurial thinking and activity across the university.</span></span>

<span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">For an in depth look at our campus's offerings, take a look at our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vq2MKJXk_ER8Rz-qkuAOeSyZX7sokRqkKNzp9llCu3Y/edit?usp=sharing University Innovation Landscape Canvas].</span></span>&nbsp;