{"id":2974,"date":"2014-12-22T17:21:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T22:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2014-12-22T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T22:21:36","slug":"fastforward-expands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2014\/12\/fastforward-expands\/","title":{"rendered":"FastForward Expands"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3119\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rangos-Building-cropped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3119 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rangos-Building-cropped-300x199.png\" alt=\"Rangos Building\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rangos-Building-cropped-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rangos-Building-cropped.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FastForward East: Rangos Building: 855 N. Wolfe St.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FastForward, the program designed to move academic findings and translational research\u00a0into the commercial marketplace, is expanding, with a second facility opening in East\u00a0Baltimore to provide lab and office space for startups. The first accelerator, FastForward\u00a0Homewood, at the Stieff Silver building, was opened by the Whiting School in June 2013,\u00a0and today it houses nine startups from across the university. 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