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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By Staff Writer Ben Lawrence. Photo: Jim Valent. According to sales professional turned author Ben Lawrence, Happy Valley has a problem: Despite being home to one of the nation’s largest research institutions and investing millions into startup business efforts, our region is still among the worst performers at spinning cutting-edge
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By Jodie Dello Stritto If you were a 90s kid, you probably know AIRWALK shoes. Staple footwear for skaters, even Tony Hawk was a brand ambassador. But did you know that in its heyday in the 1990s the company’s world headquarters was in the Greenwood Shopping Center on old Route
Virolock’s mission? Prevent pandemics by trapping and identifying viruses quickly and easily
By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of tomato spotted wilt virus trapped in a CNT microfluidic device. False blue color was added manually. There’s always new, cutting-edge technology in the works at Penn State. One of the more recent developments involves a group of Penn State professors working with
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