Penn State News
Graduate researchers aim to focus battery research with help of short course
July 31, 2023
Domenic Contrino and Gabrielle Giampietro have only just begun their graduate research at Penn State as environmental engineering master's students — but they have already jumped right in to finding real-world problems their research could solve by connecting with members of industry through the Invent Penn State NSF I-Corps Short Course program.
New digital badges add skill-enriching opportunities for engineering students
April 9, 2021
Recently, two of SEDTAPP’s programs, engineering entrepreneurship (E-SHIP) and engineering leadership development (ELD), developed three digital badge short courses to build foundational knowledge in three concept areas: project management, engineering leadership and entrepreneurship.
Engineering student gains real-world insight during internship experience
April 7, 2021
Over the course of the summer and fall 2020 semesters, Khaled Khalil, a fourth-year architectural engineering student, worked with Xora — a State College startup that develops cross-platform augmented reality and virtual reality experiences for architecture and construction companies — as part of the ENtern program.
Student business competitions to focus on creating shared value
April 7, 2021
Current undergraduate and graduate students can now enter the Creating Shared Value Challenge 2021, competing first in Penn State-wide competition as well as an international competition with other universities at the Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Ben Gurion University, Israel.
Penn State senior gains entrepreneurial experience with 'Shark Tank' startup
March 19, 2021
When Penn State senior Samantha Berk first began working for the company Nightcap, she wasn’t looking for a job. But now as the head of the company’s university ambassador program, Berk is seeing what life is like on the inside of a company recently featured on "Shark Tank" and seeing surging sales.
Startup Market to highlight business startup resources during Startup Week
March 11, 2021
Students searching for involvement in organizations, academic pathways and community resources that support their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship need to look no further. On March 23, during Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC, Lion LaunchPad will be hosting Startup Market, a virtual, University-wide resource fair.
