And I want to make sure they will occur right here in California. This kind of partnership with corporations is not unprecedented in the UC system. In 1998, UC Berkeley forged a partnership with the biotechnology company Norvartis. The company is able to review scientists' work before it is published and reserves the right to delay publication up to 90 days to apply for a patent. It is these kind of corporate partnerships that some UC faculty are wary of.
Industry is concerned with making money, and everything else is secondary.
Jaffee also expressed concerns about corporate funding undermining the education and research mission of the university. Others said they thought the plan would be ineffective and the money better spent in other ventures. The key is not buildings, it's people. UCD Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef said he views the project as positive.