Pennovation Member, Aerial Applications, provided wide area damage assessment in the wake of Hurricane Irma, flying over 400 square miles to capture aerial imagery.

On September 8th, The Center hosted a Pennovation Works Community Concert. 
It was a truly wonderful night on the plaza, made all the more wonderful by the musical offerings ofAndre Thierry & Zydeco Magic and the presence of several Grays Ferry community organizations. 

It began with seven puppies in one room. Five years later, the Penn Vet Working Dog Center has multiplied its footprint several times over, with 29 working dogs-in-training, 42 canine graduates, and a burgeoning community of close to 200 dedicated staff, students, interns, and volunteers.

Inside Grays Ferry’s Pennovation Center — a 58,000-square-foot research hub from the University of Pennsylvania — you’ll find a half dozen drone startups building out their products and testing their flying gizmos.

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Three decades ago, when the region’s life science industry was first taking shape, the sector featured about a dozen biotechnology firms led primarily by pharmaceutical company veterans.

The Pennovation Works is a 21st Century hub for innovation and industry. Beginning with the creation of the Pennovation Center - a building redesigned and adapted from a 20th Century paint factory - the Pennovation Works consists of facilities existing for the purpose of turning ideas into economic opportunities for the surrounding area and neighborhoods. Interestingly, when you take a look at the site's colorful history, you see that it's been an incubator for industry and innovation in the Philadelphia area for more than 200 years.

Michelle Caffrey

Reporter - Philadelphia Business Journal

Philadelphia's aging infrastructure could benefit from the winning idea of the first-ever Comcast-Pennovation Challenge, after a multidisciplinary team of University of Pennsylvania students took home the grand prize by designing internet of things technology that can monitor the stability of bridges.

Even with a global workforce of over 8,000 people and 70% percent of the global drone marketplace, DJI remains quick to point out that just over 10 years ago, they were a single office startup.  That’s part of what interested them in joining the Pennovation community.