====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0455 from reel: NP 8956 (2000-08-21 to 2000-11-30) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/25833 Title: University of Minnesota Pushed to Work Closer With Businesses Summary: Article discusses University of Minnesota's efforts to strengthen business partnerships and commercialize research, including technology transfer office initiatives and revenue generation from university-developed technologies. Category: national news Subjects: higher education; university-industry relations; research commercialization Named Entities: Humphreys, Roberta [astronomy professor]; University of Minnesota Confidence: 0.85 Title: South Carolina Students Create Tech Company Summary: Story about University of South Carolina students launching a technology company called Bandgap Technologies, focusing on silicon carbide wafer production with support from university research grants. Category: national news Subjects: entrepreneurship; student startups; technology development Named Entities: Parker, Matt [student entrepreneur]; University of South Carolina Confidence: 0.8 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Tallmon & Tallmon; Lawrence Automotive Diagnostics, Inc.; Council Travel; Bullwinkle's Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.