Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

There are also changes in the administrators overseeing some of the U.S. Economic Development Administration's technology and jobs creation programs.

Adam Cheyer describes his journey in a two-year old presentation that is now episode 175 of Berkeley Talks, a podcast series.

Cookeville-based Arvo developed the templates and other resources with funding from Launch Tennessee's Community Partner Program.

Other news items include appointments at Clark Atlanta University and LSU plus the selection of the Purdue Center for Regional Development as the evaluator of NSF's "Regional Innovation Engines" program.

Kansas City native DeAngela Burns-Wallace brings a wide range of experience to the Foundation including the public sector, foreign affairs, and higher education.

The Alliance was launched last year by Illumina Inc. and Nashville Biosciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Nashville leads the weekly news bites with five mentions.

The fund has a low cost to join - $20,000 the first year - and has invested $4.6 million in its first 18 months of operation.