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Vernal » Utah State University has had boots on the ground here for four decades. But it wasn’t until last fall that it put a distinctive new footprint in the community with the opening of the Bingham Entrepreneurship & Energy Research Center.

The $23 million complex aims to be a hub of energy industry innovation, not just for eastern Utah but the world. It also continues to serve as an eastern campus for Utah’s only land-grant university and a community resource.

“The Bingham Center is really the focal point for opportunities for the state of Utah and the eastern Utah region to add value-added economic development opportunities,” said Robert T. Behunin, USU vice president for commercialization and regional development, at a presentation last year.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Bingham Center: A hub for research, business innovation | The Salt Lake Tribune

Author: JUDY FAHYS