Penn State News

Entrepreneurship and innovation minor graduates record number of students

May 7, 2020

The intercollege minor in entrepreneurship and innovation (ENTI) continues to spread its influence as it graduates its largest number of students this spring with 153 across eight clusters.

Penn State senior organizes virtual popup art gallery

Penn State senior organizes virtual popup art gallery

April 28, 2020

The recent business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders resulting from the coronavirus pandemic haven’t stopped a Penn State student artist from helping her peers show their work remotely after galleries closed across the United States.

Penn State senior organizes virtual popup art gallery

April 28, 2020

The recent business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders resulting from the coronavirus pandemic haven’t stopped a Penn State student artist from helping her peers show their work remotely after galleries closed across the United States.

Bio-tech cluster added to Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor program

Bio-tech cluster added to Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor program

March 27, 2020

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor now has a tenth cluster with the latest addition of the bio-tech option.

CANCELED: Area entrepreneurs pitch ideas for up to $10,000

March 3, 2020

This North Central PA LaunchBox event for March 26 has been canceled. Contestants will still pitch ideas to judges in a closed event and winners will be announced at a later date.

CANCELED: Area entrepreneurs pitch ideas for up to $10,000

CANCELED: Area entrepreneurs pitch ideas for up to $10,000

March 3, 2020

This North Central PA LaunchBox event for March 26 has been canceled. Contestants will still pitch ideas to judges in a closed event and winners will be announced at a later date.

Disrupting the sleep market was all in a day's work for alumnus JT Marino

February 20, 2020

Every parent knows college students like sleep. College of Engineering graduate John-Thomas “JT” Marino, however, committed all his energy to sleep after graduating in 2012 when he started Tuft & Needle — a direct-to-consumer online mattress retailer with a “bed in a box” concept — completely disrupting the way consumers purchase their beds.

Executive director of the Student Farm Club reflects on her time at Penn State

Executive director of the Student Farm Club reflects on her time at Penn State

February 4, 2020

Jessica Chou, a senior majoring in environmental resource management, has been an active member of the Student Farm Club since she was a freshman. She now is the executive director of the club.

Executive director of the Student Farm Club reflects on her time at Penn State

Executive director of the Student Farm Club reflects on her time at Penn State

February 4, 2020

Jessica Chou, a senior majoring in environmental resource management, has been an active member of the Student Farm Club since she was a freshman. She now is the executive director of the club.

Education students learn about improving diversity in entrepreneurship

December 13, 2019

A course that may contribute to an entrepreneurship and innovation minor in Penn State’s College of Education addressed issues of diversity, inclusion and belonging in entrepreneurship. Undergraduate students created animations with contemporary beats about entrepreneurship for children from non-dominant backgrounds.

Pages