Penn State News

The Rolling Lion food truck will be giving away free loaded nachos and beverages courtesy of Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 20. The truck will be parked behind Carnegie Building across from Willard Building on the University Park campus.

Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC will now feature uniquely themed days with entrepreneurial speakers, interactive events, and late-night activities throughout the week. The first day, Monday, March 20, will be Kickoff Day.

Businessmen Jeff and Johnny Inch of Inch&Co. will share their story during a York LaunchBox presentation set for March 21 in the Graham Center for Innovation and Collaboration at Penn State York. Registration for the event is required.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed a 7.1% funding increase for Penn State’s 2023-24 general support appropriation and for Pennsylvania College of Technology, and a 2% funding increase for Penn State Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension, during his first budget address as governor, which was delivered March 7 during a joint session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

Each spring, Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC brings together the best and brightest Penn State student and alumni entrepreneurs and innovators for a weeklong celebration of what happens when Penn State’s inspired doers put their ideas into action.