Innovation that inspires at Penn State’s Innoblue

When doctoral candidate Eric Kennehan had to spend three weeks in the lab making spectroscopic measurements around the clock, “grumpy and sleep deprived,” he had no idea that he was on the verge of creating something groundbreaking.  “I was working on PhD in Chemistry and my advisor wanted me to perform some measurements for my […]

For 20 years, Happy Valley-founded company Salimetrics LLC and SalivaBio LLC have championed saliva as a non-invasive, easy to collect sample for diagnostic and research communities. So when COVID-19 started to sweep the world, they immediately asked, “How can we help?” Early on in the pandemic, Salimetrics started to work with researchers and companies to […]

Paul Morris has energy in his DNA. It started when his great-grandfather CJ Morris dropped out of school in 7th grade to support his family when his own father died. When his great-grandfather went into business for himself, he moved drilling rigs with horses around the Bradford, PA area, which was a boom town in […]

Instead of just adapting, these local companies are leading a revolution Over the past few months, change, like the old saying goes, has been the only constant. Industry and tech companies have seen their business flex and evolve as the entire world has shifted to address the coronavirus pandemic. Every business has adapted, both to […]

Growing Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor is now offered at all Penn State campuses. Not every student graduates looking for a job. The entrepreneurial spirit can strike early, and Penn State is answering the call for programs and resources to support young people with big ideas. Teaching entrepreneurship in the classroom isn’t exactly a new concept […]