UW hopes new leader will boost spinoffs from labs
When Michael Young took over as president, the University of Utah was a bit player at parlaying inventions into products.
As he departs for the top job at the University of Washington, Young's old school is a star.
A recent national survey ranked Utah tops in the nation at spinning off new businesses, ahead of such perennial powerhouses as MIT and Stanford University. Officials from scores of other universities and a few nations have flocked to Salt Lake City for pointers on harnessing scientific discovery as an economic driver.
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