Success Stories
As Penn State was closing University Park campus November 15th due to an early winter snowstorm, Invent Penn State and the Office of Industrial Partnerships were celebrating with industry partner Morgan Advanced Materials the opening of its Carbon Science Centre of Excellence, a global R&D center. The UK-based company brought…
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Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) at Penn State has come to an end, but it was another great year for students and community members to engage with experience entrepreneurs, business owners and executives from around the world. This year Penn State celebrated a decade of supporting the entrepreneurial spirit at Penn…
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Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank accepted nine new early-stage startup businesses into its FastTrack Accelerator program. The business ideas range from artificial intelligence advising to air purification systems to easier subletting, 30 teams applied for the no-cost business accelerator program, which is open to the community, as well…
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Rational and precision cancer treatment requires accurate cancer diagnosis at the molecular level. This is often achieved by tumor tissue biopsy from the cancer patient. However, conventional tissue biopsy is a painful, risky and expensive process. Oftentimes the cancerous tissue is limited or unobtainable. Therefore, new low-cost and noninvasive sampling,…
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In June 2017, the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family opened in downtown Altoona to provide startup companies with the support and resources needed to build sustainable businesses and viable paths to growth. A no-cost startup accelerator and coworking space, the Altoona LaunchBox offers a business accelerator course, product…
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Ben Franklin’s Innovation Partnership (IPart) helps small businesses with innovation research, tech transfer, and funding. IPart administers services through a consortium of 15 economic development and business assistance organizations and institutions of higher education, located throughout the Commonwealth. Each of the organizations brings a unique perspective and skill-set. Partner Organizations…
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Held twice annually, HackPSU provides students with the opportunity to complete unique challenges for different companies in attendance. Students can opt to tackle several of the challenges or focus on one. The competition, a 24-hour social coding hackathon, brought 85 teams of Penn State students together to conceptualize, develop and…
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The United States has record student loan debt with over $1.5 trillion in outstanding loans, a number that is still growing. Penn State startup SponsrU wants to help students by providing an online solution that to reduce student loan debt through personal mentorship, employee benefits, and performance incentives. After SponsrU’s…
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The Nittany AI Challenge offers teams of students, faculty, and staff the chance to compete for grants by developing and presenting AI–based solutions that solve real-world problems and improve the student experience and/or University operations at Penn State. The winners of the 2018 Nittany AI Challenge, presented by the Nittany…
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