James L. Hughes, MBA, chief enterprise and economic development officer and vice president at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), has been named director of UM Ventures, an ambitious joint research commercialization effort of UMB and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP).
UM Ventures is a central part of an initiative between the two universities called University of Maryland: MPowering the State. The presidents of the two universities, Jay A. Perman, MD, at UMB, and Wallace D. Loh, PhD, at UMCP, announced the appointment in a letter to students, faculty, and staff on Nov. 16.
To read the original article: UMB News
