{"id":208,"date":"2014-07-16T16:01:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T16:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=208"},"modified":"2014-09-12T16:45:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T16:45:31","slug":"umass-lowell-innovation-and-economic-prosperity-iep-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2014\/07\/16\/umass-lowell-innovation-and-economic-prosperity-iep-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"UMass Lowell Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/07\/IEP-Designation-jpeg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-209\" alt=\"IEP Designation jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/07\/IEP-Designation-jpeg-300x292.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/07\/IEP-Designation-jpeg-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/07\/IEP-Designation-jpeg-307x300.jpg 307w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/07\/IEP-Designation-jpeg.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The University of Massachusetts Lowell has been designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and its Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity (CICEP).<\/p>\n<p>The APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Universities program recognizes institutions for <i>exemplary, innovative, <\/i>and<i> sustainable<\/i> efforts in economic engagement by those who have received the IEP University designation. The designation identifies institutions working to advance the engagement and economic well-being of their states, regions, and the nation through a variety of efforts. Designees have worked through an intensive process of institutional self-study and engagement with stakeholders to identify the strengths of the university\u2019s economic engagement enterprise as well as areas for growth and improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about APLU:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aplu.org\/page.aspx?pid=203\">http:\/\/www.aplu.org\/page.aspx?pid=203<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Massachusetts Lowell has been designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and its Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity (CICEP). The APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2014\/07\/16\/umass-lowell-innovation-and-economic-prosperity-iep-designation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}