by Brian Herman, Published on July 28, 2014, Featured in: Education Lobbyists, car salespeople, reporters and members of Congress – all are viewed, rightly or wrongly, as untrustworthy professions. Gallup’s episodic polling of…

by Brian Herman, Published on June 11, 2014 The world’s best research could be enhanced if academic institutions would change their approach to how they incentivize researchers. Specifically, universities should focus more on…

by Brian Herman, Published on May 6, 2014 Minnesota is home to some of the most innovative independent inventors, university researchers and corporate scientists in the world. From the Post-it note to…

by Brian Herman, Published on April 22, 2014   Federal government spending on research is under threat due to sweeping budgetary pressures, and corporate spending on R&D isn’t what it used to be.   That…