Mural Corridor Helps West Reading's Ten Points Turn Corner
Unsupervised garages were an easy target for graffiti, so the Ten Points neighborhood group turned to local artists, teachers and students to create a series of vandal-repelling murals.
Faces of Energy: James Cartledge, BrighterEnergy.org
This journalist moved to south-central PA from England to help care for his ill mother-in-law and has since launched a news website focused on shining a light on energy developments nationwide.
Food for Thought: Elizabethtown College Takes Scraps to the Farm
While many schools are addressing food waste issues on campus, E-town has gone all out, partnering with a Lancaster farm and company to recycle food waste, reducing water consumption, trash fees and environmental impact and creating energy.
Social Entrepreneurship Takes Root In Happy Valley
It's not about that warm, fuzzy feeling left over from a successful service mission, but rather about 'co-creating,' according to these Nittany Lions who are tackling societal woes with entrepreneurial discipline.
Twenty Hours On Social Media a Day? Really?
Harrisburg University's social media blackout experiment revealed 40 percent of students surveyed use social media between 11-20 hours per day, and that 'addiction' to social media is possible.
Overcoming the University-Industry Gap in Smalltown, PA
Translational research is the focus of a grant that is helping more than a dozen small- to mid-sized colleges in Central PA move innovation from the lab to the marketplace.
SPECTACLE: GoggleWorks Gives Gift of First Friday to Reading
One of the institutions responsible for transforming downtown Reading helped usher in a new era of First Friday fun, complete with a poetry slam and its sixth annual art exhibition.
Lancaster's Little Rocket Scientists Move on After Achieving New Heights
After years of teaming up for internationally recognized rocketry success, Penn Manor High School grads Jordan Franssen and Nate Bernhardt take their next steps separately.
The Carlisle Collection: Alignment of Assets Creates an Even More Lovable Downtown
Attracting visitors hasn't been an issue for this lovable, well-stocked borough. Getting people who live in and visit the area to come downtown and spend money has been a different story, but every corner of Carlisle is now on the same page.
Co-Working is So Sweet at Lancaster's Candy Factory
The efforts of two local business partners have grown a palpable community inside a former candy-maker's building, and Mashable recently included it in its list of top 10 nontraditional workspaces.