July 14 - July 16, 2026

2026 NACRO Annual Conference

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#WeAreCorporateRelations

Welcome to the New NACRO Website

Upcoming Events

Jun 17

Midwest Regional Meetup 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT Details

Jun 17

Western Regional Meetup 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Details

Jun 17

Southeast Regional Meetup 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Details

Events Calendar

NACRO BLOG

Advancing Holistic Corporate Engagement: Insights from Penn State’s Cross-Campus Workshop

Priya Baboo, NACRO Past President and Senior Director of Corporate and Industry Engagement and Professor of Practice with the Penn State College of Engineering, explores how her institution is working to build a more coordinated, sustainable corporate engagement strategy that strengthens long-term industry partnerships and institutional impact.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Melissa Belcher
Director of Corporate Relations, Grainger College of Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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ABOUT NACRO

The Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers (NACRO) unifies academic corporate relations professionals worldwide, empowering them through a powerful network of peers, tools, and dynamic professional development to forge high-impact university-industry partnerships.

OUR MISSION

NACRO provides professional development opportunities that enable corporate and academic professionals to develop and advance comprehensive, mutually beneficial relationships between industry and academia.

NACRO serves as the preeminent organization for establishing common metrics and documenting best practices for success in the field of academic corporate relations.

2026 NACRO Annual Conference

Welcome to the New NACRO Website

Upcoming Events

NACRO BLOG

Advancing Holistic Corporate Engagement: Insights from Penn State’s Cross-Campus Workshop

Read more

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

ABOUT NACRO

The Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers (NACRO) unifies academic corporate relations professionals worldwide, empowering them through a powerful network of peers, tools, and dynamic professional development to forge high-impact university-industry partnerships.

OUR MISSION

NACRO provides professional development opportunities that enable corporate and academic professionals to develop and advance comprehensive, mutually beneficial relationships between industry and academia.

NACRO serves as the preeminent organization for establishing common metrics and documenting best practices for success in the field of academic corporate relations.