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Sigh. The PR department of universities are about selling IP, getting grant$ to fund their toys, and sometimes attracting PI's and students to do the work based
by 1letterunixname 3y ago
Sigh. The PR department of universities are about selling IP, getting grant$ to fund their toys, and sometimes attracting PI's and students to do the work based on the university's reputation.
- stonogo 3y agoWhat should they be focused on?
- readthenotes1 3y agoEducating students
- 1letterunixname 3y agoThat's the bottom labor pool and the source of funding to build buildings. Licensing & PR departments > Dept chair > TP > PI > AP > VP > PhD candidate > Master's candidate > TA > ugrad
- dv_dt 3y agoThere is a no-funding land that is needed to advance society. Between basic scientific research and advanced low probability engineering research no for-profit corporation is willing to fund - so it’s mostly the domain of the government allocating grants to universities and labs.
- Qwertious 3y agoThat requires students to educate, and money to pay for the whole affair.
- stonogo 3y agoSurely that should be left to the professors, and not the PR department?
- readthenotes1 3y agoUnless the PR department was educating students. They could probably do institutional PR off student projects since MIT already gets top talent
- Terr_ 3y agoRelevant: https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174 https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174
- westurner 3y agoI don't understand this comment. This is a different article from last year also about storing energy as [Aluminum] Formate.