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By Charles Wineland and Emma Ea Ambrose April 7, 2021 Then:
Purdue University research, often published in scientific journals, became analytical ore that grateful industries mined and refined, profitably.
“We stood back as professors and watched. ‘Ooh, that’s great – they used our stuff!’” says Christian Butzke, a professor and associate head of the Department of Food Science. “A few decades later you think, ‘They took what we developed – and there’s nothing coming back to us other than a pat on the back and a handshake?’” Now:
Commercialization is a priority in colleges and departments across a campus that is fifth in U.S News & World Report’s ranking of most innovative universities. And at the College of Agriculture, anyone with an idea for a startup company has no problem finding an audience.