Earlier this month, Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian joined a Duke Law School conference with leaders from top U.S. research universities to examine higher education's future as an engine of American innovation and competitiveness.
During the two-day virtual conference, titled "The Evolving Role of Universities in the American Innovation Ecosystem," Jahanian appeared on a panel to discuss what steps can be taken to strengthen and support the dynamic role of the research university at a time when our national research and development (R&D) ecosystem is at a crossroads.
"Throughout our nation's history, a thriving innovation ecosystem has served as the foundation for broad economic prosperity for national security and individual and collective well-being," said Jahanian during his opening remarks. "U.S. research universities play a critical role as engines of economic growth, and are the lynchpin for a coordinated, all-of-nation response to today's accelerated pace of discovery and innovation as well as the intense global competition and widening opportunity gap we are seeing."
