From biopharma and therapeutics to life sciences and robotics—and much, much more—the Penn Center for Innovation touches it all. The Center, created in 2014, thrives by being the University’s one-stop-shop for commercialization and entrepreneurship.
This past year has been one for the books. The Center this week presented its fiscal 2018 “Year in Review,” showcasing its achievements in commercial activities. Penn Today took a dive into some of the report’s most significant numbers.
359
Penn faculty members submitted inventions for review
801
patents filed
679
commercial agreements executed
$69.4 million
in licensing income
$109.8 million
in revenue received from industry-sponsored research agreements
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
