Six student startups, $15k each and 13 weeks of focus
By Cara Aungst Six Penn State student startups each received a $15,000 grant and participated in Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank programming this summer as part of the 2022 Summer Founders Program. Credit: Penn State. This summer, six Penn State student startups participated in a 13-week accelerator in a bid to jumpstart their […]
Research discovery on waste heat could yield innovative new energy source
By Timothy Kelly The Earth and Mineral Sciences Energy Institute, Penn State University. Photo: T. Kelly Waste heat is the unused heat given to the surrounding environment (in the form of thermal energy) by a heat engine in a thermodynamic process in which it converts heat to useful work. Recovering and recycling waste heat has […]
How Penn State’s materials research discoveries are impacting society
By Cara Aungst Materials Day 2022, the annual marquee event for materials-related interdisciplinary science and engineering at Penn State, will be held Oct. 20-21, 2022, at Penn State’s HUB and Millennium Science Complex. The event will be held in-person this year after being held virtually for the past two years. This year’s theme is “Materials […]
Penn State ranked in top 25 American public institutions
Photo: Penn State/Christie Clancy. Penn State topped rankings in U.S. News’ annual “Best Colleges” ranking for 2022-23, released on Sept. 12. In the study, Penn State is in the top 25 among American Association of Universities public institutions, 31st among national public universities and 77th overall among 443 institutions included in the “National Universities” ranking. […]
Happy Valley ready for a health care renaissance
By Holly Swanson Credit: Provided by Geisinger When Wendy Oakes made the decision to return to State College from San Francisco, she knew what to expect. Her college years at Penn State and frequent return trips to Happy Valley gave her a taste of the year-round festivals, sporting events, music and art productions and plenty […]
Big ticket fun makes Happy Valley one of the top places to live
By Cara Aungst Happy Valley just ranked as one of the top places to live in the United States, again. The Livability rating was based on economics, housing, amenities, infrastructure, demographics, social and civic capital, education and health care. But what the study did not take into account is the pinch-me level of big ticket […]
Innovation that inspires at Penn State’s Innoblue
By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger Innoblue at Project Olympus in Pittsburgh (Photo provided) When it comes to institutes of higher learning, Innoblue is Penn State’s oldest club dedicated to entrepreneurship. Tanishq Barot, president of Innoblue, said the organization, which meets weekly, has a goal of fostering innovation among students, assisting them in honing their entrepreneurial skills and […]
A community of thought leaders can always be found at Happy Valley’s co.space
By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger Each semester, the individuals living at the co.space attend a retreat to bond and get to know each other. You could say that Spud Marshall and Christian Baum specialize in community, with a goal of bringing people together for a positive purpose, while fulfilling a need. The two are known among […]
The metaverse is coming… but not just yet
By Timothy Kelly Dr. Patric Dudas explaining camera tech to Metaverse Symposium participants. Credit: Penn State/J. Futrick/ICDS If it’s not here yet, then what’s all the hype about the metaverse? Google searches for the term “metaverse” peaked in early November 2021 after Facebook changed its name to Meta. Yet, the popularity of the search […]
