{"340501":{"#nid":"340501","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech honored for economic development efforts","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) named the Georgia Institute of Technology and three other public institutions of higher learning its winners of the 2014 Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universities (IEP) Awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech received the \u201cInnovation\u201d award for its technology-based focus in its economic development efforts. Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), its key statewide business outreach and economic development arm, is a critical component of those efforts, as well as commercialization of inventions, and other initiatives. The award follows APLU\u2019s designation of Tech as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University earlier this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IEP awards, announced Monday, Nov. 3, in Orlando, highlight the efforts of APLU\u2019s member institutions to beef up economic development in their states through a number of initiatives, including innovation and entrepreneurship, technology transfer, talent and workforce development, and other efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with Tech, APLU recognized the University of Massachusetts- Boston, North Carolina State University, and the University of Houston.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2014 By P\u00e9ralte C. Paul\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities recognizes Georgia Tech as national leader"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech lauded for its technology-based focus on economic development"}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2014-11-04 13:30:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:23","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"340491":{"id":"340491","type":"image","title":"APLU award","body":null,"created":"1449245585","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:13:05","changed":"1475895055","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:55","alt":"APLU award","file":{"fid":"200686","name":"apluawardpic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/apluawardpic_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/apluawardpic_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2149976,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/apluawardpic_0.jpg?itok=27YPBjJ8"}}},"media_ids":["340491"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"815","name":"economic development"},{"id":"9040","name":"EI2"},{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}