If you haven’t visited the David H. Murdock Research Institute or DHMRI, the cornerstone of the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis yet, there are at least five reasons in July to do so.   The first is the July 8 NC Technology Association’s Emerging Technologies and Trends breakfast from 8:30 am to 11 am.  The theme is Biotechnology: Infusing Innovation and Opportunity. Panelists include Dr. Ken Russell,... 

I received an email notification today from the SBTDC, Small Business and Technology Development Center, as I’m sure many did. The email asked people to take action to encourage our state legislators to fund the One North Carolina Small Business Program. As the state budget deliberations continue, the fund will either be eliminated or reduced to $2 million from $3.5 million for the fund’s two programs, SBIR/STTR Phase... 

At the heart of transformation is the ability to apply experience in new and ever changing ways.   In healthcare, new technologies, new drugs and new discoveries are just one part of the system. Interviewing Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., the director of the East Carolina Heart Institute, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and a pioneer in robotic surgery, I was struck by how so much of his experience in life- a stint...