July 24, 2017
Challenge invited local groups to build solutions for machineQ, Comcast’s Enterprise IoT service.
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and Comcast today announced Viewpoint, a multidisciplinary team of Penn students from the Master of Integrated Product Design program and the School of Design's Historic Preservation department, as the inaugural winner of the Comcast-Pennovation Challenge.
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.
Media Contact: Jennifer Rizzi, Director, Communications, Penn Facilities & Real Estate Services, 215.573.6107, rizzi@upenn.edu
June 27, 2017
Crain's Philadelphia
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Penn student Christopher Kao, a 21-year-old summer intern at Curalate, was looking for a way to fund his drone piloting hobby. So he built a company around it. (Technical.ly Philly)
ULI Philadelphia, in conjunction with PennPraxis, received a national grant to study the Grays Ferry corridor from Washington Avenue to Woodland Avenue. The Healthy Corridors Phase II Grant was awarded by The Urban Land Institute (ULI)’s Global organization through funds received from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Colorado Health Foundation. The Leadership team for this project includes the Public Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, University of Pennsylvania, University of the Sciences and ULI Philadelphia.
Media Contact: Jennifer Rizzi, Director, Communications, Facilities & Real Estate Services, 215.573.6107, rizzi@upenn.edu
June 21, 2017
The University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services announced today that Verge Aero Inc. has signed a lease for an Inventor Garage within the Pennovation Center, the University’s business, technology and laboratory incubator.
June 19, 2017
John George, Senior Reporter
The University of Pennsylvania has spun out another biotechnology company focused on developing immunotherapies to battle cancer.
The latest entrant to the Pennovation Center is Aerial Applications, yet another drone company to set up shop at Penn’s research and development hub.
Mixed uses and context sensitivity were themes that ran through this year’s ULI Philadelphia best-project honorees.
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