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The 51��Ʒ��Ƶ has been awarded the Association of Public and Land-grant University (APLU) Innovation and Economic Prosperity Innovation award. The award recognizes exemplary initiatives spurring innovation, entrepreneurship and technology-based economic development.

Winners are limited to universities that have conducted internal studies examining its local and regional economic engagement and have been designated by APLU as . 51��Ʒ��Ƶ earned the designation in 2014; 64 institutions have been named IEP designees since the program was launched in 2012.

In its announcement of the award, the APLU praised 51��Ʒ��Ƶ and its Office of Economic Partnerships for work with the and 51��Ʒ��Ƶ’s , noting the latter as “one of a host of innovation hubs the university is launching across the city to support pathbreaking research and business development.”