President Amy Gutmann announced the launch of the Penn Center for Innovation,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. “The Penn Center for Innovation will maximize our mission as a research university of putting knowledge into practice for the good of our community and society,” said Penn President Amy Gutmann. “Pennovation—our ability to advance both basic discovery and the society-improving applications those discoveries enable—makes Penn a leader in this vitally important field. The Penn Center for Innovation also will transform our region’s capacity to support an ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurs, companies and workers all making essential contributions to our collective economic future.”
To read the original article: 7/15/14, Launch of the Penn Center for Innovation - Almanac, Vol. 61, No. 01
