Marcellus Shale estimate increased
Source: Keystone Edge, 7/29/2009
A Penn State professor has pieced together the first hard production data on the Appalachian Marcellus Shale and concludes that it could supply U.S. energy needs for almost two decades.
IUP's convocation centers gets $2.1 million
Source: Keystone Edge, 7/29/2009
A 150,000-square foot convocation center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $2.1 million through Pennsylvania’s H2O PA fund, which directs $800 million toward flood control projects statewide.
MossRehab earns U.S. News honor for 16th straight year
Source: Keystone Edge, 7/29/2009
MossRehab has been a regular on the annual U.S. News & World Report survey of "America's Best Hospitals for more than a decade. This year's list marks the center's 16th appearance in the rankings, which scores Moss Rehab 15th out of 23 rehabilitation hospitals nationwide.
Repower America campaign opens PA offices
Source: Keystone Edge, 7/29/2009
Repower America, a public awareness campaign to convert the U.S. to
clean energy, is opening offices this week in
Pittsburgh and West Chester.
PolyMedix teams with UMass-Amherst for $6.6M grant from NIH
Source: Keystone Edge, 7/29/2009
The remarkable growth of Radnor-based biotech company PolyMedix is poised to continue deep into 2009. It announced this week it received a $6.6 million grant, along with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new antibiotics.
Horsham's Verilogue captures doctor-patient dialogue
Source: Keystone Edge, 7/23/2009
It was about 10 years ago when Jeff Kozloff, a healthcare market researcher, was reading an article on a consumer packaged goods company that was using technology to conduct ethnographic market research.
Cozen O'Connor expands to Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre
Source: Keystone Edge, 7/23/2009
Though not immune to the dilemmas brought on by the global recession, Cozen O'Connor, one of the country's largest law firms and headquartered in Philadelphia, has been opportunistic enough during the last six months to expand. The firm last week announced it has opened offices in Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre, adding six employees and possibly more in the next several years.
Small manufacturers poll cites talent and innovation
Source: Keystone Edge, 7/23/2009
Four-fifths of respondents to a recent survey sponsored by the state’s Industrial Resource Center Network rate advanced talent management as a highly important (46%) or important (34%) strategy.