USF embraces opportunities to connect with more businesses

A 160-employee University of South Florida department serves as a front porch for the school's myriad opportunities to partner with startups, established companies and nonprofits.

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. April 10, 2024
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Eric Eisenberg, a former USF dean, has been put in charge of the university's community partnership program, which has dozens of employees and has even helped USF build an MBA program and a cyber and AI school.
Eric Eisenberg, a former USF dean, has been put in charge of the university's community partnership program, which has dozens of employees and has even helped USF build an MBA program and a cyber and AI school.
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When he walked into his office on his first day of new job in higher education in 2022, despite already being an accomplished academic and University of South Florida executive, Eric Eisenberg had an all-too familiar concern of businesspersons — really, of anyone new on the job.

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