Success Stories
ABINGTON - Penn State Abington senior Darryl Gregory has always loved designing, building, and creating artistic works. It wasn’t until he was introduced to Abington LaunchBox powered by Penn State that he realized he could cultivate and apply his creative skillsets for valuable endeavors. The Abington LaunchBox, part of Invent…
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC presented a diverse array of events across Penn State campuses, spotlighting student innovation and entrepreneurship from March 18 to March 22. The events were centered around themes of student entrepreneurs, funding your venture, social impact, and technology. "Startup Week bridges the…
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Student startup Saveware won $15,000, the largest prize amount, in the 2024 Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition. Kicking off Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC, six Penn State student teams pitched their startup to a panel of judges and competed for up to $30,000 in funding. …
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State’s NSF I-Corps Short Course is accepting applications for its virtual April cohort. The no-cost program helps researchers test a startup idea through customer interviews and educational programming on the lean startup methodology. The Penn State-hosted cohort will begin on Friday, April 19 and runs through…
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UNIVERSITY PARK- Serving Central Pennsylvania for over 25 years, the Penn State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is one of fifteen university- and college-based SBDCs in Pennsylvania and is an accredited affiliate of the national network of America’s SBDC. The Pennsylvania SBDCs are the only statewide, nationally accredited programs in Pennsylvania…
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UNIVERSITY PARK – Hydrogen gas – while a potentially greener alternative to fossil fuels – is currently expensive to produce. Penn State PhD Candidate Arash Emdadi and his lab mates are working to improve the hydrogen production method to make it more cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Hydrogen is used and…
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — From March 18 – 22, Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC invites students from across the Commonwealth to explore Penn State’s vast entrepreneurial ecosystem, learn from successful Penn State alumni, and connect with innovative peers through free, fun, hands-on activities. Students are encouraged to attend speaker sessions,…
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UNIVERSITY PARK – Students, community members, faculty, and staff alike are invited to take a front-row seat at a live Dare to Disrupt podcast interview recording with honeygrow founder Justin Rosenberg on Wednesday, March 20th at 2:30 pm. The event will take place in room 611 in the Eric J.…
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UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State alum and Meta product manager Rajesh Rangarajan will speak during Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC on Thursday, March 21 at 3 pm in the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub. Register to attend. Rangarajan will discuss his work at Meta related to building the…
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