Sustainability Events

The Land Grant Startup Launch Competition aims to foster innovation in food and agriculture by supporting early-stage startups focused on sustainable business practices. For early-stage companies with a clear vision and the potential to transform the food and agriculture landscape, this competition could be your launching pad for future success through significant funding and support from corporate donors, as well as Penn State University’s Smeal College of Business and College of Agricultural Sciences.

Each semester, Smeal hosts a case competition for undergraduates in collaboration with a company sponsor. The competition is a hands-on opportunity to work on a cross-disciplinary team, to use business and markets to solve real-world social justice and environmental conservation challenges.

Speaker Series

Smeal regularly hosts academic and industry experts who share their perspectives, advice, and experiences with faculty, students, staff, and the community. Check out recordings of previous events hosted by the Sustainable Business Center 

Penn State University also offers the Sustainability Showcase, a weekly speaker series featuring scholars, educators, entrepreneurs, and corporate executives.

Sustainability Summit

The Smeal Sustainable Business Center invites you to its two-day Sustainability Summit on April 10th and 11th, where innovative minds come together to tackle pressing climate challenges. Participants will collaborate, innovate, and present impactful solutions, all while gaining valuable insights and engaging in thought-provoking discussions with peers and faculty.

This immersive event invites you to dive into real-world sustainable solutions through a case competition, hands-on hackathon, innovation challenge, and virtual poster competition, followed up on the last day with a Networking Lunch and Learn that offers a chance to connect and exchange ideas with industry leaders.

Partners and Sponsors:

• Net Impact, Penn State Undergraduate

• Impact Competition

• Verizon

• Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment

• Penn State Climate Consortium

Research Seminar

February 27th, more details coming soon!