Board of Regents: 2008 Economic Development and Technology Transfer Report, October 29, 2008

The Regents universities promote the economy of Iowa primarily by providing higher education to the people of the state. They also strengthen the Iowa economy by conducting academic research-most notably when it results in intellectual property and applications in the marketplace-and by providing expertise and assistance directly to Iowa’s people, industry and communities. The University of Iowa (SUI), Iowa State University (ISU) and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) thus support the economy of Iowa primarily through their core missions, and their economic contributions to the state are fundamentally linked to their overall academic excellence