Penn State News
Berks LaunchBox fuels entrepreneurial growth and innovation in local community
April 9, 2025
Throughout 2024, Berks LaunchBox has continued accelerating startup growth in the Berks County community. In the last year, Berks LaunchBox has assisted 229 new entrepreneurs, taught new skills to 708 community members in its Makerspace, offered entrepreneurship classes to 463 community members, and impacted 339 students.
Alum Birgitt Boschitsch discusses taking her research to market
April 8, 2025
The latest episode of Invent Penn State’s "Dare to Disrupt" podcast features Birgitt Boschitsch, co-founder and CEO of spotLESS Materials, an advanced materials company and Penn State spinoff commercializing highly repellent, anti-fouling coatings. The startup is currently offering to consumers a toilet coating that repels sticky waste.
Five student startups win funding in Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition
April 8, 2025
Joy Tac LLC, a student startup from Penn State Harrisburg, won first place and $15,000 in the 2025 Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition. As a kickoff to Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC, six student teams from four Penn State campuses pitched their startups to a panel of judges, competing for prizes totaling $30,000 in funding.
App to connect dancers with partners and resources wins IdeaMakers Challenge
March 27, 2025
Winning teams were selected during the final round of the 2025 Bardusch Family IdeaMakers Challenge hosted by the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology.
Scranton health and human development alumna combines passion, entrepreneurship
March 24, 2025
Alumna Emily Pinto credits her experience at Penn State Scranton, where she earned a bachelor's degree in human development and family studies, with giving her the tools she needed to open her own business.
Explore innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities at Penn State this March
March 16, 2025
Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC will take place March 24-28, offering students across the commonwealth the chance to engage with the University’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem through a variety of free events.
AI-powered cooling startup aims to boost data center efficiency
March 13, 2025
NexDCCool Technologies, a Penn State research-based startup launched by Wangda Zuo’s lab, is developing a platform powered by artificial intelligence that aims to optimize the cooling systems in data centers, which would help maximize IT capacity by reducing cooling demand.
Penn State Berks students win Nittany AI Challenge for pollution-cleaning robot
March 5, 2025
A team of Penn State Berks students recieved an award in the Prototype Phase of the Nittany AI Challenge, an annual competition sponsored by the Nittany AI Alliance that provides students from all campuses the opportunity to use AI and machine learning to address pressing global issues while gaining hands on experience. The students' project is B.E.A.N., which stands for Bio Environmentally-friendly Aquatic Navigator.
Berks students receive award for pollution-cleaning robot in Nittany AI challenge
March 5, 2025
A team of Penn State Berks students recieved an award in the Prototype Phase of the Nittany AI Challenge, an annual competition sponsored by the Nittany AI Alliance that provides students from all campuses the opportunity to use AI and machine learning to address pressing global issues while gaining hands on experience. The students' project is B.E.A.N., which stands for "Bio Environmentally-friendly Aquatic Navigator."
Registration open for Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference
March 5, 2025
The Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference, one of the largest tech startup conferences in the mid-Atlantic region, will take place April 10-11 at The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center.