• Drexel and Science Center Select Four Startups for Raynier Seed Fund for Minority Founders Support in 2023

  April 25, 2023

  The University City Science Center and Drexel University have selected four local minority-owned startups for support by their Raynier Seed Fund for Minority Founders (RSF) program. The four startups, which are the second cohort selected for funding since the fund’s establishment in 2021, will each receive a $25,000 investment and mentorship from Raynier Seed Fund community partners.

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• Gattuso Development and Drexel Break Ground on City’s Largest Life Sciences Facility

  February 09, 2023

  Gattuso Development Partners and Drexel University formally broke ground today on 3201 Cuthbert Street, a new life sciences research and laboratory that will become the city’s largest facility of its kind while cementing Philadelphia’s status as an emerging global life sciences research hub.

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• Drexel Launches Innovation Fund to Address World's Most Pressing Challenges

  January 05, 2023

  Drexel University has launched the Innovation Fund, which invests in early-stage Drexel student and postgraduate startups, as well as startups founded to commercialize the results of Drexel scientific research.

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• Shintaro Kaido Appointed to the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority Oversight Board

  October 21, 2022

  Shintaro Kaido, Drexel University's vice provost for Innovation and executive director of Drexel Applied Innovation, was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to serve as a board member of the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority.

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• Drexel University Students and Longwood Gardens Tackle Food Sustainability and Innovation

  September 21, 2022

  Over the course of a term, students in the "Garden to Table Cooking" class learned how to cook and present dishes made from scratch.

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• Drexel to Join NSF's Innovation Network Regional Hub Led by Princeton

  September 13, 2022

  Drexel University has been tapped to join the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps, a network of universities focused on nurturing researchers as they translate their innovative work for commercial viability. As a partner institution of the I-Corps Hub Northeast Region led by Princeton University, Drexel will share its deep expertise in experiential learning and entrepreneurial training with faculty, staff and students throughout the region.

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