Success Stories
Penn State has a rich history of entrepreneurship, and few people have been as integrally involved with those efforts as Dan Leri, Director of Innovation Park at Penn State and head of Penn State’s incubator. Innovation Park is a 118-acre office, manufacturing and research space on the east side of…
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State College has a long history of being rated as one of the best communities in America. In 1988 Psychology Today magazine called State College the least stressed place in the country. In 2011 National Geographic named State College an “Adventure Town” owing to the variety of activities locals have…
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Following an extraordinary debut in 2016, this year’s Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference, held April 19-20 at the Penn State Hotel and Conference Center, attracted more than 600 participants, including 80 startup companies and more than 40 venture capitalists and industry advisers—all working together to drive innovation, foster collaboration…
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James Adair, professor of materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacology, was awarded the Invent Penn State "Inventor of the Year" award, Friday, April 20, at the Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference awards ceremony. In May 2017, Adair also received the Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal for Entrepreneurship and…
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When Birgitt Boschitch launched into her sixty second pitch at the 2018 Allegheny Cleantech University Prize Collegiate Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, her opening grabbed the audience’s attention. “Poop is a serious problem,” she said. “And it’s an especially big problem when it comes to water conservation,…
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The 2018 Invent Penn State Venture and IP Conference Tech Tournament featured a collection of the best startups utilizing Penn State technology. Biomaterial technology startup Aleo BME Inc. was one of the few startups selected to participate and compete for over $160,000 in prize money—ultimately winning third place and $25,000.…
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When an entrepreneur needs help taking an idea to the next level in Pennsylvania, there are few better places to get assistance than in one of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners offices. One of the ways Ben Franklin assists entrepreneurs and business across the commonwealth is through its startup accelerator…
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Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank hosted a demo event April 11 at its facility in downtown State College for six startups that completed its inaugural 20-week FastTrack Accelerator program. “This year, we extended our accelerator program from 10 to 20 weeks, added the opportunity to obtain modest funding…
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Yesterday at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, Penn State and Imerys, a global leader in mineral-based industrial solutions, celebrated the signing of a five-year Master Sponsored Research Agreement. The agreement expands the company’s current relationship with the University's Materials Research Institute and Penn State Behrend’s engineering program to…
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