
INNOVATION FEATURE
Teaching Tomorrow's Innovators
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 […]
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An industry-first AI robot means ample growth opportunities for a Happy Valley recycler
By Holly Riddle Photo: Provided. Serial entrepreneur and Penn State alum Ned Eldridge knows how to turn trash into treasure. The president and CEO of eLoop — headquartered in Export, Pennsylvania, but with a location in Happy Valley — founded the electronics recycling service provider in 2008 and, since then,

$500 microgrants from Penn State’s Lion Launchpad make all the difference to budding entrepreneurs
By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger Photo: Provided. Management consultant Peter Drucker once said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it” and Penn State, through its Lion LaunchPad Microgrant Program, is helping students take charge of their futures by offering seed money to help them jumpstart their entrepreneurial dreams.

Penn State’s AIMI ushers in Industry 5.0 with a bold vision for the future
By Caryn Anderson AIMI connects you with Penn State. Photo: Provided. Penn State’s Center for Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Industry (AIMI), which launched on June 30, 2022, has a complex, multifaceted goal. In part, AIMI aims to help small and medium manufacturers (SMMs) and small and

Penn State engineers optimizing water purification system for the U.S. Marines
By Timothy Kelly An experimental MCDI unit. Photo: Chris Arges. A team of researchers, led by Chris Arges, Penn State associate professor of chemical engineering, is working to optimize a water desalination process called membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) for mobile teams of U.S. Marines. We asked Arges to explain how
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