The first edition of the Franklin Social Innovation Prize is aimed to promote non-profit initiatives among Penn students and recent graduates.
by Andrea Rodes
On May 12, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy and Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice presented the inaugural Franklin SP2 Social Innovation Prize (opens in a new tab), an award aimed to challenge students to give innovative solutions to fix Philadelphia's social issues.
University patents shouldn't just be a statistic, says Penn tech transfer heads John Swartley and Laurie Actman. There are people behind the inventions and you should know them.
By Laurie Actman / GUEST & John Swartley / GUEST
is the Nemirovsky Family Dean at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science
With Philly Tech Week behind us, it is timely to consider some of the latest innovations in technology that are happening here in Philadelphia. We are already known for technology innovation. The Huffington Post ranks us among the top five in tech cities, and the Progressive Policy Institute puts us in the top 10 "Emerging Start-Up Hubs" in the United States.
from Page 5 of the PIDC 2016 Annual Review:
Creating Workplaces for the Future
Ali Sundermier | alisun@upenn.edu | 215-898-8562
Three years ago, University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann launched the Penn Center for Innovation with the goal to provide infrastructure, leadership and resources to transfer promising Penn inventions, know-how and related assets into the marketplace for the public good.
And more takeaways from the Philly Tech Week fireside chat with the First Round Capital partner.
BY LAURIE ACTMAN |
John George
Senior Reporter
Philadelphia Business Journal
April 27, 2017
BioBots is expanding its product line beyond three-dimensional bioprinters.
The Milken Institute ranked schools according to indicators like “patents issued” and “startups formed.” Here’s why Penn ranks high and where schools like Drexel, Temple and Jefferson landed on the list.
BY FABIOLA CINEAS |
When you are young, the science bug might bite you at any time. For a young boy named Sonny Viscelli, it happened during a visit to the Tinker Lab at the Philadelphia Science Festival on Saturday. There he was so inspired to learn all about robotics that he and his family returned to the festival a day later.
On Sunday, Sonny and his father, Steve, were found at Pennovation Center. Here they worked hard on a bee-shaped robot made of items found in the trash — or a "trash bot," for short.
The architectural team that transformed a Grays Ferry paint laboratory into an idea laboratory has received a high honor from the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia.
The alliance has bestowed its 2017 Preservation Achievement Grand Jury Award upon Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) of New York and Philadelphia-based KSS Architects, who worked jointly on the Pennovation Center project.