March 19, 2020
Follow the final round of competition by watching the finalist teams pitch judges LIVE on Facebook Live, Wednesday, April 1, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Winners will be announced on Facebook Live that afternoon. @psuaginnovation on Facebook.
March 5, 2020
UPDATE: Linsey Herman, head of the innovation lab at Factory LLC, will be a judge for the final round of Ag Springboard April 1. The final pitching and judging will be held via video conference. The Ag Springboard awards banquet — which Herman was to keynote — has been postponed to the fall semester. Read about Herman's projects with College of Ag Sciences food science students and Pipcorn, a Factory partner who was featured on Shark Tank.
February 7, 2020
Entrepreneurs Boubou Sangho and Gladys Freeman, who visited Penn State in 2018 as Mandela Fellows, are thriving in their businesses and entrepreneurial leadership efforts.
January 23, 2020
Developed by Penn State researchers, the method uses dieletric heating and radio frequency to treat products such as wood pallets. This project was funded by a RAIN grant. Applications for a 2020 RAIN grant are due March 27. https://agsci.psu.edu/research/resources/funding/rain-grants-program
December 6, 2019
RealForests is sixth College of Ag Sciences venture to win local startup funding, recognition.
November 13, 2019
College of Ag Sciences researchers who are commercializing their discoveries presented their ventures to VIPs during the Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference
October 9, 2019
Hunter Swisher, 2016 plant sciences graduate and entrepreneur, recently secured up to $1.5 million in new investment funding for Phospholutions, his startup fertilizer solution company.
August 6, 2019
Scientist Jeff Catchmark's search for a styrofoam replacement leads to biomaterials with broader impact.
August 5, 2019
Colin Geary and Nelson DiBiase, biorenewable systems graduates , set out to combine their passion for rock climbing and sustainability by creating a bio-based climbing hold for indoor rock climbing walls. Jeff Catchmark, professor of agricultural and biological engineering, drew from his work in sustainable materials to advise them. "Entrepreneurship is a state of mind where you see endless possibilities," said Catchmark, a member of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Advisory Board.
July 22, 2019
As a student in 2012, Fengchun "Spring" Yang placed second in Ag Springboard, then figured out how to sustain a healthy population of black soldier flies. Symton BSF, the startup he founded, was featured this month in the Washington Post.
April 17, 2019
Yinong Yang, professor of plant pathology, is the 2019 recipient of the Research Innovators Award, given by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences to recognize faculty and staff who have commercialized intellectual property generated by their Penn State research.
April 8, 2019
GreenBriq is turning invasive plants into sustainable fuel for Kenyan households. Inakua, the second-place winner of $2,500, plans to rent water-efficient hydroponic growing towers to Kenyan families to reliably grow their own vegetables.
April 2, 2019
Four finalist teams in the Ag Springboard student pitch competition are pitching ventures to help solve food waste, cut fossil fuel emissions, combat invasive plant species and provide low-cost, water-wise food production. One will win the $7,500 grand prize to Make It Happen.
April 1, 2019
Tyler Smith, who played on Penn State's 2001 men's basketball team that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round in the NCAA tournament, will speak about mental fitness for entrepreneurs as the keynote speaker for Ag Springboard. The "final four" Ag Springboard teams pitch live before judges in the finalist round Wednesday, followed by an evening awards banquet.
March 12, 2019
An extract from the seeds of avocados exhibited anti-inflammatory properties in a laboratory study, according to Penn State researchers, and it represents a potential source for novel anti-inflammatory compounds that could be developed as a functional food ingredient or pharmaceuticals.
March 6, 2019
Agribusiness Senior Tony Rice, named a Farm Foundation Cultivator, presented his study of lab-grown meat to industry leaders at a roundtable forum
February 11, 2019
Ag Springboard — a GREAT opportunity for students to learn how to pitch ideas and compete to win $7,500!!!
January 21, 2019
Do you know an innovative researcher who is commercializing technologies generated through Penn State research? Nominations sought for the 2019 Research Innovator Award.
January 10, 2019
Ag Springboard experience helps students stand apart from the crowd. Win $7,500 to make your big dream happen.
October 30, 2018
Owner of Eichenlaub, Inc., teaches students how he weighs new technology.
October 25, 2018
Boubou Sangho and Gladys Freeman, recipients of the prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, spent six weeks of professional development at Penn State's University Park campus in August and September. They worked with the college's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, and took several courses related to their interests, such as entrepreneurship and agribusiness.
October 15, 2018
Recent PSU grad Callie Rojewski — who started her first business as a student — tells her story at an Ag Springboard Open House Oct. 22, 5-6:30, 6 Armsby.
September 10, 2018
Treating judges to samples of pasta made with cricket powder helped Weslie Khoo and Haoshu Zhang’s team win the $7,500 grand prize at the Ag Springboard student business pitch contest in 2017.
August 30, 2018
Meet young entrepreneurs and get career prep advice at the fall 2018 Ag Springboard open houses. Join us Sept. 18, Oct. 22 and Nov. 13!
August 27, 2018
"E & I provides a different perspective and skill set to supplement your education in more technical subjects so you are more equipped to solve real-world problems,” said Hunter Swisher, CEO and Founder of Phospholutions, 2016 Plant Sciences graduate, and Ag Springboard finalist in 2016.
August 8, 2018
Dr. Maria Spencer has joined the Entrepreneurship & Innovation team in the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences as the first John and Patty Warehime Entrepreneur in Residence. She will help the college's researchers commercialize discoveries to reach the full potential of their work.
May 16, 2018
Leaders of ConidioTec and Phospholutions, two ag sciences startups, will tell their stories next month at a series of interactive, TED-talk-style City Lights events to showcase Invent Penn State. The annual series will visit Harrisburg; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh from June 18-21.
May 11, 2018
Phospholutions won $80,000 in investment prizes and ConidioTec won $10,000 at this spring's Invent Penn State Venture & Intellectual Property Conference. Both startup companies are commercializing discoveries and technology developed at the College of Agricultural Sciences.
March 29, 2018
P.S. Snacks Founder and CEO Nikki Azzara told the story of creating her company that makes good-for-you snacks from unconventional ingredients, starting with a line of bean-based cookie doughs. She spoke Thursday, March 29, to about 80 students as part of Penn State Startup Week.
March 22, 2018
A group of Penn State students in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor traveled to Israel over spring break to explore the entrepreneurial spirit of the country, meet with policymakers, and get a taste of the culture in the Middle Eastern country.
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