Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s President Laurie Leshin is strengthening the school’s connection to the business and research community with a new position.
Leshin has been appointed co-chair of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), a forum of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The organization serves as a way to convene senior representatives from government, universities and industry to define and explore emerging science and technology issues, advance relationships between the sectors and catalyze action.
According to Leshin, GUIRR has a long history of building bridges between government, academics and industry to identifythoughtful, science-based solutions to major problems.
“Working with GUIRR is well aligned with WPI’s focus on increasing our global impact and addressing societal grand challenges,” she said in a statement.
Leshin will also serve on the GUIRR Council and Executive Committee; her three-year term of office began June 1.
