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Social space at The Corner entrepreneurial center

May programming planned at The Corner entrepreneurial center in New Kensington

5/3/18

Members of the campus and community are invited to attend upcoming programming planned at Penn State New Kensington’s entrepreneurial center, The Corner. The events are free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended. Programs are held at The Corner, located at 701 Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington.

Three men standing in front of a building at the eCenter@LindenPointe

Penn State funds entrepreneurship centers in each of its 21 campus communities

2/6/18

As part of its Invent Penn State initiative, Penn State Feb. 5 announced four new seed grants, each valued at $50,000, designed to bolster entrepreneurship and economic development in communities surrounding Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth. With the announcement, the University’s effort has grown to include 21 hubs for innovation spread across Pennsylvania, including the Shenango campus — an undertaking that was introduced by Penn State President Eric J. Barron just two and a half years ago.

York Invent Penn State Ribbon-Cutting

8/15/17

Ribbon-cutting signals the partnership and successful first year of Penn State York's innovation hub funded by Invent Penn State.  Standing in front of an image of the building that houses Working Class, a makerspace in downtown York, Penn State President Eric Barron cuts a ribbon to celebrate th

Joseph Kitonga holds his phone showing the app "What's Poppin"

Prepare to Launch

6/20/17

Creative thinking is a cornerstone of the Happy Valley LaunchBox, a business startup training program that is part of the statewide Invent Penn State initiative. Here, meet five Launch Teams and the businesses they started.

Map of 17 sites of Invent Penn State Innovation Hubs

Invent Penn State initiative awards four $50,000 seed grants to campuses

6/8/17

The Invent Penn State initiative announced the awarding of four $50,000 seed grants to develop additional innovation hubs to jump-start entrepreneurial activities in campus communities across the Commonwealth. Awarded by a competitive selection process, the four grants will go to the Brandywine, Fayette, Mont Alto and Worthington Scranton campuses.