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CORPORATIONS CAMPUS on The University of Delaware and Syracuse University work together with JPMorgan Chase in a new model of industry-academic collaboration. B 28 July/August 2012 BizEd BY BRUCE WEBER, JEFFREY SALTZ, AND BOB HECKMAN The news regarding JPMorgan Chase's trading loss broke as this issue was going to print. While details of the situation are still being uncovered at this time, the authors of this story note that they do not expect the collaboration among JPMorgan Chase, the University of Delaware, and Syracuse University to be affected by the event. usiness schools rely on many time-tested mechanisms to expose stu- dents to corporate realities. They bring in guest speakers, facilitate internships, and invite business leaders to sit on advisory commit- tees. But while these methods are valuable ways to introduce stu- dents to real-world situations, they're often too limited in scope to create a deeply integrated relationship between the university and the firm. We believe that forward-thinking uni- versities can realize much more poten- tial from their corporate collaborations. That was the goal when the Univer- sity of Delaware in Newark and Syra- cuse University in New York established academic-industry collaborations with JPMorgan Chase, headquartered in New York City. We wanted to make sure we left no potential advantage on the table, for students, faculty, or the company. So, we asked four key questions: