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Penn Medicine and Wharton Social Impact Initiative Launch New $5 Million Investment Initiative for Businesses that Improve Health of Philadelphians

Three start-up companies will be the first to receive investment from the Fund for Health, a joint partnership between Penn Medicine and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative.

Penn to play key role in the inaugural NSF Mid-Atlantic I-Corps Hub to advance entrepreneurship and technology commercialization training

PCI is proud to announce that Penn is one of the schools chosen to participate in the National Science Foundation’s new innovative I-Corps Hub initiative.

Pennovation Accelerator’s 2021 Pitch Day

In August 2021, the Pennovation Accelerator, an annual six week program that teaches local startups about business development, named two winners for its Pitch Day event.

Penn mRNA researchers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó awarded the 2021 Albany Prize

The award, one of the largest in medicine and science in the U.S., has been given for the last 20 years by Albany Medical Center to those who have altered and positively impacted the course

COVID-19 mRNA vaccine that uses fundamental Penn technology receives FDA approval

The U.S. FDA has given the first full approval to a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, which uses modified mRNA technology invented and developed by scientists at Penn.

Wharton: Why declining entrepreneurship in the U.S. is not a concern

Technological improvements have changed the incentives of individuals to start their own business.

No Dead Ends: New material makes for a promising fuel cell electrolyte

Penn Engineers and their colleagues showed that the proton conductivity of their new fluorine-free polymer increases with water content and exceeds that of Nafion, the current industry standard.

Engineers create faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing with pencil lead

To address cost, time and accuracy, a new electrochemical test developed by Penn researchers uses electrodes made from graphite—the same material found in pencil lead.

Penn Dental Medicine, Penn Engineering Award first IDEA Prize to advance oral health care innovation

Penn Dental Medicine and Penn Engineering, which teamed earlier this year to launch the Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry (CiPD), recently awarded the Center’s first IDEA Prize.

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