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Stories about Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Powering PA's Future Symposium

Statewide Symposium at viogٷվ Focuses on Turning Innovation Into Opportunity
The Powering PA’s Future Symposium attendees talked about ways Pennsylvania can grow its “innovation economy,” where new ideas are commercialized to drive economic growth.
StartUp LV

viogٷվ Student Wins StartUp viogٷվ Valley’s Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition

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

A rooftop air system.

viogٷվ is a Core Institution of New $26 Million NSF Engineering Research Center

viogٷվ 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. viogٷվ’s 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 ’94 mentors viogٷվ students through the Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation.

LUPD's dog Grace

Outside the Box: viogٷվ 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 viogٷվ Valley

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

AccelerateX

From Concept to Creation: The Inaugural AccelerateX Maker Bootcamp

Eleven viogٷվ students participated in the innovative Maker Bootcamp, part of the AccelerateX winter program.

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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 viogٷվ 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

viogٷվ Symposium Puts Focus on Entrepreneurship

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