Couldn’t we all stand to be a bit more hopeful? To believe in our capacity to achieve and to help make our lives more successful. I was inspired by these future game changers because they are taking the chance and working hard to affect change. Who knows, with some serious hard work and a little luck, this writer might find her way to quenching this thirst and maybe, just maybe, finding my way back to BGI as a student. · Read More

This Thanksgiving and beyond, please join this mission to support sustainable agriculture by “Putting a Cran on It.” · Read More

I’ve always admired those that can drive backwards with ease. Using only mirrors, and even with the added complications of a trailer, they chart their course with confidence. I’m reminded of this as I retrain my own instincts to fully comprehend what’s been coined reverse innovation. Rather than from the Nobel laureate’s lab, this is the · Read More · Read More

For thousands of years we’ve farmed to eat, to produce fiber, and feed our livestock.  In the 20th century, we farmed for fuels, producing ethanol and diesel from farm commodities like corn and soybean.  Within the next few years, we could also ‘farm’ to fly – producing advanced aviation biofuels not from food crops, but farmed · Read More · Read More

I’m sure you’ve heard the new phrases of our time such as ‘don’t waste a crisis’, ‘coming out stronger than before’, and the ‘big reset’.  Count me among those who welcome the new economy as difficult as the transition may be.  And, as much as I relish a fresh start, I hope we don’t forget what · Read More · Read More

Consider how often we focus on the significance of organizational structure before the reason for our jobs.  Reporting lines are often of greater concern than the strategic intent of the institution. Human – yes.  Productive -? First, let’s be compassionate with ourselves. We are experiencing an unprecedented pace of change, whether it is the half-life · Read More · Read More

Filed under: Agriculture, Clean Technology, Private Sector, Research, Washington The state of Washington has the ambition to be a major player in solving the energy and environmental challenges of the future.  Can we use our proximity and connections in the Pacific Rim to aid this effort?  Initiated by Washington’s private sector, the US-China Clean Energy Forum is · Read More · Read More

Originally published in John’s Journal: Research and Development by the University of Missouri. Copyright 2007, Curators of the University of Missouri. One has to be amazed at the political process related to using MOHELA assets to fund Missouri higher education buildings. As a case – this certainly has to be among the best to illustrate · Read More · Read More

Originally published in John’s Journal: Research and Development by the University of Missouri. Copyright 2006, Curators of the University of Missouri. Indicative of their emerging powerful role in the economy, university-based research parks are a growing reality, even having their own professional organization. Nationwide, some 195 individual research parks occupy more than 41,000 acres, with · Read More · Read More