DEALS

The nonprofit Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development said it will join the Rocky Mountain Innosphere to help nurture the Fort Collins tech incubator’s life-science companies. The nonprofit Innosphere will work closely with Denver-based CID4 to fund and manage emerging life-science technologies. CID4 funds early-stage Colorado-based life-science companies to bridge the gap between proof-of-concept and significant funding.


KUDOS

The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools recognized the Institute of Business & Medical Careers Inc. of Northern Colorado and Wyoming for demonstrating “quality, integrity and excellence” during an ACICS awards ceremony in Las Vegas in November. IBMC was among 33 ACICS-accredited schools deemed honor-roll institutions from August 2011 to August 2012 based on peer evaluation reviews measuring institutional quality.

Burns Marketing, a marketing agency with offices in Northern Colorado and Denver, announced an in-kind sponsorship to the Rocky Mountain Innosphere to advance the technology incubator’s Northern Colorado bioscience initiative. The in-kind