Amazing discoveries are made in university labs every day, yet most of them never develop into widely accessible commercial products. Why? And what can universities do to change that?

Join us April 11 at 4 pm virtually or in person (Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall) to hear Yael Hochberg, head of Rice’s entrepreneurship initiative and the Ralph S. O’Connor Professor in Entrepreneurship at the Jones Graduate School of Business, as she discusses the challenges in commercializing university research discoveries and how to overcome these variables to help more basic research move from the lab to market for the betterment of all.

Hochberg's research and teaching interests are focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and the financing of entrepreneurial activity. Her research focuses on the venture capital industry, accelerators, networks and corporate governance, and compensation policies. She holds a B.Sc. in industrial engineering and management from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in finance and an A.M. in economics from Stanford University. Learn more about Yael here. About the “Betterment of the World” Scientia Lecture Series Rice University's mission is to contribute to the betterment of the world, and the Scientia Lecture Series offers a platform for Rice faculty to share their ideas and practical steps towards achieving this goal. Previous topics have included "Confronting Environmental Change Through Fundamental Science" from the Weiss School of Natural Sciences and "Social Scientific Approach to Health and Well-Being" from the School of Social Sciences.

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About the “Betterment of the World” Scientia Lecture Series

Rice University's mission is to contribute to the betterment of the world, and the Scientia Lecture Series offers a platform for Rice faculty to share their ideas and practical steps towards achieving this goal. Previous topics have included "Confronting Environmental Change Through Fundamental Science" from the Weiss School of Natural Sciences and "Social Scientific Approach to Health and Well-Being" from the School of Social Sciences.

Meet Professor Yael Hochberg

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Yael Hochberg is head of the Entrepreneurship Initiative at Rice University and Ralph S. O'Connor Professor in Entrepreneurship at the Jones Graduate School of Business. She is a research affiliate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Hochberg was previously on the faculty at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and Cornell’s Johnson School of Management. She has worked in the tech industry and serves on the boards of several early-stage startups. Hochberg was named one of the world's 40 under 40 best business school professors by Poets and Quants, and received the Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship. She holds a B.Sc. in industrial engineering and management from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in finance and an A.M. in economics from Stanford University.  Learn more about Yael here.