The Latest Invent Penn State News
October 20
2023
Harrisburg LaunchBox to present Truist Empowered Entrepreneurs Executive Series

The Harrisburg LaunchBox, powered by Penn State will host the Truist Empowered Entrepreneurs Executive Series at Penn State Harrisburg this fall. The series will kickoff on Oct. 25 with a panel discussion “A Thriving Region,” featuring guest speaker Norman Bristol-Colón, Pennsylvania’s first chief diversity officer.

October 5
2023
Shenango LaunchBox to unveil new space at ribbon cutting celebration on Oct. 18

The Shenango LaunchBox powered by the Greater Sharon Community will host a ribbon cutting event on Wednesday, Oct. 18, to celebrate the opening of its new location.

October 2
2023
Registration open for Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference

The Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference, one of the largest tech startup conferences in the mid-Atlantic, will take place Oct. 16 and 17 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey. The conference will highlight innovations from high-growth and emerging markets, showcase disruptive technologies and early-stage companies born from Penn State research, and feature two special keynote events.

September 28
2023
Education alumna's publishing company helping to make knowledge more accessible

Adelina Hristova, who earned her doctor from the Penn State College of Education in 2016, launched a marketing campaign for her publishing company through Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank’s Digital TestLab accelerator program. She also had her company’s mascot 3D printed at OriginLabs, Happy Valley’s newest prototyping and fabrication space.

September 28
2023
LaunchBox and Innovation Network builds entrepreneurial ecosystem playbook

The Invent Penn State team has released a free virtual Playbook entitled “Making Entrepreneurship Accessible in Rural America,” which shares the full narrative behind the building of the network, as well as a compilation of insights from network leaders. 

September 28
2023
Office of Entrepreneurship and Commercialization appoints two new directors

Brad Zdenek has been appointed director of economic development and student programs, effective Sept. 25. Steve Carpenter has been appointed director of research startups, effective Sept. 18.

September 26
2023
Eight startups selected for fall 2023 FastTrack Accelerator

Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank has accepted eight early-stage business startups into its fall 2023 FastTrack Accelerator program. The startups selected range from glowing soap and a modern color vision test, to a Latin American gaming media group, an arts education company and an adventure STEAM summer camp.

September 11
2023
'Shark Tank' entrepreneur on latest episode of Dare to Disrupt podcast

In the latest episode of Invent Penn State’s “Dare to Disrupt” podcast, host Ryan Newman interviews Joe Altieri, “Shark Tank” entrepreneur and FlexScreen inventor and CEO.

September 7
2023
Penn State seeking increased per-student support in 2024-25 funding request

Penn State leaders are requesting increased appropriations for the 2024-25 fiscal year that, if approved by the commonwealth, would narrow the per-student funding gap that exists between Penn State and Pennsylvania’s other public universities. The funding request is being submitted as a part of the commonwealth’s annual budget process.

September 5
2023
Customized integrative arts major prepares alumna for career in music business

Vanessa Sexton, a recent Penn State Abington graduate who is now enrolled in the MBA program at Penn State Great Valley, is quickly advancing in her career thanks to the diverse and marketable curriculum that is only available through Abington’s customizable integrative arts major.