For palatial living in the countryside (while still being less than a 15-minute drive from Penn State’s University Park), this 8,930-square-foot home delivers. Situated on a lush 1.21 acres in the Laurel Hills neighborhood, with views of both Mt. Nittany and Tussey...

Centre Region Entrepreneurial Network (CREN) is back to face-to-face meetings this week and you still have time to RSVP! Join 100 of your entrepreneurial friends from around Happy Valley for an evening of networking, collaboration and fun, Aug. 5, 5–7:30 p.m. The...

Penn State doesn’t just foster innovation — it puts its money where its mouth is with its annual Penn State Biodevices Seed Grant and Grace Woodward Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine Grants, both open to PSU faculty across disciplines. Designed to...

Edward Marflak founded Schoolwires in 2000 with the mission to serve schools with a solution for managing and sharing information with students and families. Ben Franklin Technology Partners, part of Happy Valley’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, provided support that...

This week’s home is perfect for the history lover who also enjoys neighborhood living and lots of beautifully renovated space. Situated in the heart of Victorian Bellefonte’s friendly and pristine historic district neighborhood, the Valentine mansion has all the charm...

With a $30,000 prize on the line, six student startup teams went head-to-head in this year’s Inc.U Competition, competing on WPSU’s show, “The Investment.” Much like the show it's modeled after, “Shark Tank,” the show and the competition give participants hope to fuel...

What if you could perform chemistry on the computer? That’s essentially what the ReaxFF method allows researchers to do — and it’s a tool that more than 1,600 researchers around the world have now requested access to. Developed by Adri van Duin, distinguished...

In 2013, Nina Jenkins, a research professor of entomology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, parlayed her research into a new company focused on indoor pest control. Jenkins’ startup, ConidioTec LLC, developed and patented Aprehend®, an...

Happy Valley is synonymous with a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem — one that’s branched out to support Pennsylvania entrepreneurs in other regions of the Keystone State as well. Today, nearly all Pennsylvania residents live or work within a half-hour drive of a...

As Bruce Springsteen sings in his 1984 hit Dancing in the Dark, “you can’t start a fire without a spark.” And for HappyValley entrepreneurs and startups, State College-based 1855 Capital has been that spark to attract investors and raise...

“Silicon Valley is more of a spirit than a place,” says Todd Erdley, the founder, chairman and president of Videon. “And that spirit is based on entrepreneurs coming together, sharing best practices, enabling great outcomes, spurring one another on and...

When it became clear that Avail Tec would need to hold their annual conference virtually for a second year in a row, the team set out to make sure it was the best virtual conference experience possible. It’s a steep precedent, but nothing new for them. The ESOP has...