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
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
