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Photo of Ruchika Chari and Malavika Mathur, information science students at Penn State Great Valley

Ruchika Chari and Malavika Mathur

Ruchika Chari and Malavika Mathur worked with faculty member Dr. Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan in the campus' big data lab to analyze the public's feelings during the recent election.

Picture of Ruchika Chari and Malavika Mathur, two information science students at Penn State Great Valley

Ruchika Chari and Malavika Mathur

Penn State Great Valley information science students Ruchika Chari and Malavika Mathur worked with faculty member Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan in the campus' big data lab to analyze the public's feelings during the recent election.

Barron with crowd on steps of Capitol rotunda

Invent Penn State Day at Capitol 2

Students and chancellors from 13 campuses accompanied University President Eric Barron for an event on June 20 in Harrisburg announcing the next series of six $50,000 grants for Commonwealth Campuses to expand the Invent Penn State initiative.

Map of Pennsylvania with Invent Penn State sites

Invent Penn State map

With the June 20 announcement of the next wave of seed grants, the Invent Penn State initiative now includes 13 locations across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

New Kensington chancellor shows Penn State president new site for Alle-Kiski Economic Generator

Penn State New Kensington Alle-Kiski Economic Generator

Penn State New Kensington Chancellor Kevin Snider, foreground, shows Penn State President Eric Barron the vacant store front that will serve as the new home of the University’s Alle-Kiski Economic Generator, part of the Invent Penn State initiative. The announcement of the Alle-Kiski Economic Generator in the former department store is helping to revitalize downtown New Kensington.

Woman lectures to class

Penn State Lehigh Valley LaunchBox

Penn State Lehigh Valley students from the race and ethnic relations class taught by Jennifer Parker Talwar spent Feb. 24 at Velocity in downtown Allentown interviewing Lehigh Valley entrepreneurs about global and local business practices, international trajectories, creative capital and work-family visions. This project is a research-based initiative intended to reinvent the classroom in a real world environment while bringing together students, business owners and community partners. This semester, Parker’s class will be utilizing Penn State Lehigh Valley’s co-working space in Velocity for its business accelerator, Lehigh Valley LauncBox, which is a signature program of Invent Penn State.