Success Stories
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. —The National Science Foundation (NSF) has award Penn State a five-year, $500,000 Innovations Coprs (I-Corps) grant to establish the Invent Penn State I-Corps Site, in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator, Happy Valley LaunchBox, and the Invent Penn State Innovation Hubs. “NSF and the other federal agencies are committed…
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — While obtaining her master of education in Penn State’s counselor education program in 2006, Linsey Covert developed a framework for a K-8 school-wide program to reduce bullying through team-building, leadership development and peer intervention. The program nurtures interconnected life skills like resiliency and leadership that motivate…
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Boragen Inc, an Eberly College of Science Lab Bench to Commericialization and Fund for Innovation grant recipient has received $10 million in Series A funding. AGFunderNews.com reports Boragen received $3 million from the AgTech Accelerator. In addition to the capital investment, AgTech Accelerator helped facilitate more fundraising, which included $7…
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On June 9, 2017, GLP 310 IP of Baltimore, led by GLP Development, broke ground on 310 Innovation Boulevard, a new research/office building offering 30,000 square feet of available space. The building will be home to the 10,800-square-foot Morgan Advanced Materials’ Carbon Science Centre of Excellence. Notable speakers on site…
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When facing an outbreak of an infectious disease like Zika, influenza or Ebola, early detection and isolation of the virus are critical. A new Penn State startup is working to tackle this challenge with truly remarkable technology. As viral outbreaks spread, those with recent infections may not show symptoms right…
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A little less than two years after the launch of the Fund for Innovation, Invent Penn State has backed nearly 50 emerging Penn State technologies and has provided startup funding to promising new ventures that were born out of the program. “Although many universities have commercialization…
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STATE COLLEGE, PA – Penn State President Eric Barron joined providers of entrepreneurship resources in celebrating innovative Penn State startup, Phospholutions, on Thursday, May 18 at the Penn State Golf Course in State College. Phospholutions celebrated the first full-course application of its lead product, Rhizosorb, by thanking the people and…
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One of the latest ventures to come out of Penn State, Persea Naturals began with an unintended discovery. Gregory R. Ziegler, professor of food science in the College of Agricultural Sciences, was extracting starch from avocado pits when he noticed something interesting. When avocado pits are pulverized, an enzymatic reaction…
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Penn state alumni John-Thomas Marino and Daehee Park met when they were students at the University. Their friendship led to the creation of Tuft & Needle, a company that flouts conventions of the traditional mattress industry. As undergraduates in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State, alumni John-Thomas…
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