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Stories about Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Powering PA's Future Symposium

Statewide Symposium at AV福利社 Focuses on Turning Innovation Into Opportunity
The Powering PA鈥檚 Future Symposium attendees talked about ways Pennsylvania can grow its 鈥渋nnovation economy,鈥 where new ideas are commercialized to drive economic growth.
StartUp LV

AV福利社 Student Wins StartUp AV福利社 Valley鈥檚 Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition

More than $30,000 in prizes were awarded during the 6th annual competition, hosted this year by AV福利社.

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AV福利社 is a Core Institution of New $26 Million NSF Engineering Research Center

AV福利社 is one of six core institutions of a new U.S. National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center focusing on developing sustainable refrigerants to address climate change. AV福利社鈥檚 team is led by David Vicic, the Howard S. Bunn Distinguished Professor of Chemistry.

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You Have a Great Idea. Now What?

Entrepreneur Craig Ploetner 鈥94 mentors AV福利社 students through the Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation.

LUPD's dog Grace

Outside the Box: AV福利社 Ventures Lab Helping Ideas Take Flight

Meet the entrepreneurs whose ideas could change the way people date, bank, protect their dogs from ticks, and more.

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Cultivating a Thriving Environment for Creative Entrepreneurship in the AV福利社 Valley

Antigoni Papadimitriou, a teaching assistant professor in the College of Business, and the AV福利社 Valley Social Impact Fellowship propel creative entrepreneurship forward.

AccelerateX

From Concept to Creation: The Inaugural AccelerateX Maker Bootcamp

Eleven AV福利社 students participated in the innovative Maker Bootcamp, part of the AccelerateX winter program.

Images generated by generative AI at AV福利社

Harnessing Generative AI

What does generative artificial intelligence mean for higher education? Promising or problematic?

Drone work

Do Physical Connections Improve the Control and Performance of Robot Swarms?

A AV福利社 research team explores the question by building novel control algorithms and linked robots. Prototypes will be put to the test in the Defend the Republic Drone Competition Nov. 17.

Provost Nathan Urban address symposium

AV福利社 Symposium Puts Focus on Entrepreneurship

Community and business leaders are welcomed to campus for discussion on the role of universities in fostering innovation.