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Pennovation Works 2025 Year in Review

Pennovation Works 2025 Year in Review

In 2025, Pennovation Works hosted nine international delegations across four continents, welcomed over 200 students through our Youth, Entrepreneurship, & STEM Initiative, supported the growth and advancement of life sciences, and prioritized the needs of the region’s tech community by serving as a premier hub for AI, tech, and robotics.

Penn Startup Showcase 2025 recap

Penn Startup Showcase 2025 recap

On Nov. 6, nearly 200 people gathered at the Pennovation Center for the inaugural Penn Startup Showcase, featuring 24 startups from 13 Penn partners, who showcased their projects with interactive tables and poster sessions.

Pennovation Works 2024 Year in Review

Pennovation Works 2024 Year in Review

In 2024, Pennovation Works supported 141 companies and nearly 200 startup founders from across the region. Pennovation’s Year in Review celebrates these accomplishments and more, including state-of-the-art facilities, community development events, and international delegations.

2024 PEP and PIP winners: Where are they now?
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2024 PEP and PIP winners: Where are they now?

Nearly a year after being awarded the 2024 President’s Engagement Prize and President’s Innovation Prize, the recipients—now alumni—provide updates on their projects.

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Racing to the future
A small racecar in a makeshift track in Penn Engineering with student spectators.

“Understanding the human factors and ethical implications of autonomous systems is just as crucial as the technical components,” says Mangharam. “This holistic approach aims to produce well-rounded engineers capable of addressing the multifaceted challenges of autonomous vehicle technology. Our goal is to equip them with the tools and mindset to tackle the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.”

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Racing to the future

Rahul Mangharam’s scaled-down, self-driving race cars are revamping engineering education at Penn.
Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds
Penn Upward Bound student observes birds.

A Penn Upward Bound high school student observed brown-headed cowbird behavior at the Penn Smart Aviary.

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Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds

Penn Upward Bound high school students from West Philadelphia got a tour of the Penn Smart Aviary, GRASP Lab, and the Penn Vet Working Dog Center during a visit to Pennovation Works.
Philly founders are growing their startups with these three summertime resources

Philly founders are growing their startups with these three summertime resources

Pennovation’s annual accelerator concluded with a pitch day at the end of July. After participating in the six-week accelerator, the nine companies in the 2023 program pitched to a panel of judges and other members of the Pennovation community in hopes of winning funding and other perks.