Endowed Chairs Press Release
March 29, 2002The fourth installment of A QUIET CRISIS focuses on Endowed Chairs. What are they? How many does Northeast Ohio actually have? How do they work? And how can they stimulate the regional economy? A QUIET CRISIS will simulcast on WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN® Thursday, April 4 at 8 p.m. A rebroadcast will air on 90.3 WCPN® Wednesday, April 10 at 8 p.m.; and on WVIZ/PBS Sunday, April 7 at 4 p.m., and Wednesday, April 10 at 11 p.m.
Panel participants include: Christopher Coburn, Executive Director, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Innovations; Dr. Carol Cartwright, President, Kent State University; Christopher Woolverton, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Kent State University; Mauro Ferrari, Director, Ohio State University Biomedical Engineering Center; and Mark Coticchia, Vice President for Research and Technology Management, Case Western Reserve University. Plain Dealer reporter Joe Frolik moderates the panel discussion. Dave Pignanelli, Director of News and Information for ideastream is the program host.
The panelists will discuss in-depth how new and innovative ideas - which are often the by-product of endowed chairs at local colleges and universities - are transferred or commercialized from a campus setting to promising business enterprises in the local community.
A QUIET CRISIS is an on-going, multimedia project involving WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN® ideastream and The Plain Dealer. Its goal is to better inform viewers, listeners and readers about how the region's economy affects their lives.
Support for the ongoing series A QUIET CRISIS on WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN® comes from First Energy Foundation, a proud supporter of public broadcasting in Northeast Ohio.
ideastream is an organization dedicated to public service and education through multiple media, including radio, television and the Internet.
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