Penn State’s College of Medicine helps meet Pennsylvanians’ need for "family doctors."

THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE was the first medical school in the nation to establish a department of family and community medicine, thus helping to reestablish the tradition of the primary care physician or "family doctor." Since 1994, more than half of the college’s medical graduates have chosen residencies in primary care. In all fields, nearly 1,200 Penn State-trained physicians practice in Pennsylvania.

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Penn State facilitates technology transfer for Pennsylvania business.

PENN STATE HAS SHARPENED the competitive edge of thousands of Pennsylvania businesses and helped to generate more than 400 new companies. Through one initiative alone--PENNTAP, the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program, a pioneer technology outreach service operated by Penn State in conjunction with state and federal agencies--the University has helped more than 25,000 entrepreneurs, small businesses, and governmental bodies solve scientific and engineering problems, producing $250 million in economic benefits since 1965.