Success Stories
UNIVERSITY PARK - Omar X. Easy, Ph.D., a former Penn State football student-athlete and Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders running back, has been appointed to lead The Penn State Brand Academy in his role as the Assistant Athletics Director for the Brand Academy. The Brand Academy, a project recently…
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa - Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank has accepted nine early-stage business startups into its spring 2024 FastTrack Accelerator program. The startups selected range from a clothing swapping app and an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging solution, to a custom button business, a nanny agency and an…
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa – After spending a summer car-camping across the United States, Penn State Berks alumnus Nathan Bonslaver saw market potential for a comfortable and convenient car sleeping solution. He launched CarToCamp, a line of car sleeping platforms, while still working towards his mechanical engineering degree at Penn State.…
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Entrepreneurial teams with at least one Penn State student can apply to receive a $15,000 grant to work on their startup, social good or nonprofit over the summer through Invent Penn State’s Summer Founders Program. The 13-week program, hosted by Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC…
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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffjU6b9zDWo[/embed] UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State student startup teams from all Penn State campuses are invited to apply to the 2024 Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition for a chance to compete for a $30,000 prize pool. Applications are open from now until January 19. Six undergraduate startup teams will…
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HAZLETON, PA - Charlee Murdock, a veteran, Hazleton area community member, and a single mother of three, has taken her experience in the beauty field and added a philanthropic twist to create her startup: Project Headway LLC. Project Headway is a salon located in Weatherly, Pennsylvania that offers low-cost haircuts…
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Penn State’s NSF I-Corps Short Course is accepting applications for its virtual January cohort. The no-cost program helps researchers test a startup idea through customer interviews and educational programming on the lean startup methodology. The cohort will begin on January 5 and runs through January 19. This course is being offered…
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs designed to target the changes in cancer cells that help them grow, divide and spread. But, over time, cancer cells can become less sensitive to the effects of a specific drug, rendering the treatment ineffective.…
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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT1CMEMbO60[/embed] UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State junior Justin Leusner has been creating content since he was 10 years old. From making videos about anything from sports to video games, Leusner has a deep understanding of the world of social media and content creation, he said. With his love of…
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