Penn Center for Innovation Celebrates Launch

November 17, 2014

On Nov. 17, University President Amy Gutmann helped celebrate the launch of the Penn Center for Innovation (PCI), a new initiative that will provide the infrastructure, leadership, and resources needed to transfer promising Penn inventions, know-how, and related assets into the marketplace for the public good.

PCI helps faculty, staff, and students secure patents, enter into commercialization agreements, and found start-up companies, accelerating the translation of Penn discoveries and ideas into commercial products, businesses, and services.

The launch reception featured a performance from Off the Beat, a Penn a cappella group, and was an opportunity for University researchers to meet and share ideas with members of the local business and venture capital community.

Maximizing the ability of Penn researchers to partner with the commercial and industrial sector is in service of the University’s highest goals: inclusion, innovation, and impact.

Text by Evan Lerner
Photos by Scott Spitzer