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Business & Economy

AJ Damiano ’19 Wins Entrepreneurship Organization Regional Competition

Monday, January 23, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Angelo (AJ) Damiano, founder of student startup PowerSpike, has won the U.S.-Western NY regionals of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s (EO) 2017 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). The competition, which was held in Buffalo on Jan. 19, is open to student entrepreneurs who…

Business & Economy

Student Ventures Can Win Startup Funding at 2017 Panasci Business Plan Competition

Tuesday, January 10, 2017, By Lindsay Wickham

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management have announced a call for submissions for the 2017 Panasci Business Plan Competition. The competition accepts business plan…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science, Office of Research Award $230,000 for UAS Research

Thursday, January 5, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Six collaborative research groups from the University’s various schools and colleges have been awarded more than $230,000 in state revitalization funding for their projects in unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Projects include energy mapping of buildings, autonomous navigation and the development…

Fox News

Professor Robert Thompson Offers Perspective on Death of Carrie Fisher for Fox News

Tuesday, January 3, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, authored a piece for Fox News titled “Carrie Fisher is gone but her legacy lives on.”

Christian Science Monitor

Robert Thompson quoted by Christian Science Monitor Regarding Resurgence of Live Musicals on TV

Thursday, December 8, 2016, By Keith Kobland

“These are real classics,” he says of the shows chosen so far. “‘[The] Sound of Music,’ ‘The Wiz,’ ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Grease’ – these are not exactly experimental musicals. These are big mainstream hits that already have been pre-sold by their position in the culture.” said Thompson.

Robert Thompson

Director, Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture; Trustee Professor of Television, Radio and Film
The Daily Pennsylvanian

How big companies like Target and Amazon are targeting customers at Penn

Monday, November 28, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Amanda Nicholson, professor of retail practice and associate dean for undergraduate programs in the Whitman School, was quoted in the story “How big companies like Target and Amazon are targeting customers at Penn.”

Veterans

College of Engineering and Computer Science Earns ASEE’s Engineering Excellence for Veterans Award

Thursday, November 10, 2016, By News Staff

The College of Engineering and Computer Science has been recognized with a 2016 Engineering Excellence for Veterans Award from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). The award names the college a top military-friendly institution and a “Best for Vets”…

Campus & Community

Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad wins Fast Pitch Competition at Charleston Conference

Monday, November 7, 2016, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad won the Judges’ Prize at the inaugural Charleston Conference Fast Pitch Competition on Nov. 4. The new innovation competition looks for compelling new ideas in academic library and information management. A committee of professional judges selected the…

Media, Law & Policy

Director of Tully Center Calls ‘Ballot Selfie’ a Test of Competing First Amendment Issues

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Courts around the country are deciding an issue involving a timeless expression of democracy and a newer form expression of self-absorption: the so called “selfie” photograph taken inside a polling place. It’s a fairly new phenonenon, and getting plenty of…