2008
11.25.08: U.S. Small Business Administration Presents Leadership Award to Kentucky State Director read more>>
10.23.08: Allylix Signs Agreement to License its Terpene Technology to a Leading Clean Technology Company read more>>
10.19.08: University of Kentucky and Bluegrass Business Development Partnership Win International Economic Development Council Award read more>>
9.25.08: SBIR/STTR Proposal Preparation Workshop in Lexington Oct. 7-8
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7.31.08: Kentucky Personal Cabinet, UK's Institute for Workplace Innovation to partner read more>>
7.28.08: Joseph Fink Named Chair at The Center for Rural Development read more>>
07.18.08: Biotech Firm Relocating Headquarters to Lexington, KY: Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Leaving Philadelphia for the Bluegrass
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First Quarter 2008 UKEconDev News
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01.24.2008: Venture Capital Funding Grows to Over $37 Million for Early-Stage Companies in the Bluegrass. More than 400 People Employed Mostly in Tech-Based Companies
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01.23.2008: Exstream Software World Headquarters Open at UK's Coldstream Research Campus
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01.07.2008: ATMI Acquires LevTech for $27 Million
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2007
12.01.07 'Dirty Bomb' Drug Grant Extended
11.29.07 Allylix Secures $3.35 Million to Launch Innovative Flavor and Fragrance Products
11.27.07 Author Larry Farrell Presents Workshop on Entrepreneurship Dec. 12, 2007
11.26.07 Yaupon Therapeutics Closes $14.5 Million Financing
11.15.07 UK Blackberry Research Featured on NBC San Diego’s Coverage of Pharmaceutical Science Annual Meeting
09.07.07 High-tech Startups: A Bonanza for Entrepreneurs Sept.26-28
08.27.07 Neogen Acquires Kane Enterprises
07.19.07 Twelve Lexington-Area Tech Companies Receive State Matching Funds for Federal SBIRs and STTRs
07.13.07 AllTranz Receives Kentucky Seed Capital Funding
05.24.07 Kentucky Business Environmental Assistance Program Named National Program of the Year
05.23.07 Mimetic Solutions Chooses UK for Smart-release Drug Lab
05.17.07 UK Part of New Automotive Research Alliance
05.02.07 UK Attends 2007 BIO International Convention
05.01.07 State $181,200 Grant Supports Study of Aluminum Energy Efficiency
04.20.07 Alltech Grant Enhances Research Partnership with UK Agriculture
03.19.07 New IBM Supercomputer Thrusts UK into Top Ranks
03.15.07 Kentucky Small Business Development Center Granted National Accreditation
03.06.07 Toyota Gives $1 Million to Establish Tech Development Institute
03.06.07 UK, MIT Partner to Win Grant for Aluminum in Sustaining Car Industry
02.22.07 CPST Transitions to Private Business
02.20.07 Heller Interviewed for UK at the Half (mp3)
01.25.07 Early-stage Companies to be Honored
2006
12.12.06 Heller Named VP
08.01.06 Intranasal Therapeutics Inc. (ITI) Closes $39.1 Million Venture Financing
06.01.06 Exstream Software Relocating to UK's Coldstream Research Campus
05.01.06 New Pharmaceutical Facility is "Factory of the Future"
2005
12.14.05 Secat Inc. Achieves ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Certification
03.15.05 Governor Touts State, UK Cooperation