FY 2023

Inventive Activity Report

The annual Inventive Activity Report outlines INVO's efforts to strengthen entrepreneurial activity by both students and faculty to build a self-sustained community capable of generating innovations to benefit society

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Celebrating a Year of Innovative Growth

Northwestern University's inventive activity reached its highest peaks yet in 2023, with 255 disclosures among our many successes. As INVO strives to strengthen entrepreneurial activity by both students and faculty and build a self-sustained community that will generate innovations to benefit society, we make our past reports and current metrics available so that others might gain a better sense for the inventive activity taking place at Northwestern University.

FY 2023

Celebrating a Year of Innovative Growth at INVO

Innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) is one of the most visible ways our faculty, students, researchers, and alumni demonstrate Northwestern’s impact on the world. Woven into every part of campus, I&E has become an unmistakable component of our University’s identity.  The Innovation and New Ventures Office (INVO) is proud to play a central role — home to the technology transfer operations for the University and two thriving hubs for entrepreneurship, The Garage and the newly launched Querrey InQbation Lab. Read more

FY 2023

Jaehyuk Choi Daring to Dream in Fight Against Cancer

Ask Jaehyuk Choi about his research goals and he shares an admittedly audacious two-word reply: “Cure cancer.” Choi acknowledges simply saying those words aloud seems a bit naive, even irrational. But Choi believes cures are within reach, particularly by shifting immunology from a philosophical problem — “Figuring out a code,” Choi calls it — to an engineering problem. Read more

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