KE-TV: Allegheny College's Big-School Sustainability Impact
Solar, wind and geothermal are all part of the Meadville school's 2020 climate neutrality goal.
Solar, wind and geothermal are all part of the Meadville school's 2020 climate neutrality goal.
In less than two years, the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania intiative has created six revenue-generating startups.
In the last five years, Ben Franklin Technology Partners portfolio companies have attracted nearly $2 billion in follow-on financing.
Researchers led at Penn State have honed techniques for detecting, counting and analyzing cells and pieces of DNA, a major development for scientists and doctors looking for a way to detect cancer or HIV cells in a small sample.
ViroPharma Inc., a homegrown global pharmaceutical company, is expanding at its Exton headquarters, nearly doubling its space and its local workforce with new, high-paying jobs.
Wind and sun helped Shoener Environmental weather the economic downturn. "Renewable energy kept us going through the recession," says president Ed Shoener.
The hiring roundup heats up this week with 40+ jobs at the CMU Software Engineering Institute in Bakery Square, 15 openings at Branding Brand in Pittsburgh and ANSYS, which is moving to new digs in Southpointe II.
Eduplanet 21, a Mechanicsburg startup delivesr a new approach to professional development for teachers.
NASA launched its Radiation Belt Storm Probes, the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore Earth's radiation belts, with multi-layer insulation, made in Bristol by DUNMORE Corporation.
Old City based appRenaissance is changing the game in mobile app development with the release of its new platform Artisan, which allows non-developers to create, change and test mobile apps without having to learn to code.