The Penn State Wind Application Center is one participant in the Wind for Schools Project. Through the program, elementary, middle and high schools can have a small wind turbine installed on school grounds.
The Shenango Valley Chamber of Commerce and Penn-Northwest Development Corp. are hiring a CEO for the Mercer County Growth Alliance, which will give various economic-development groups a chance to work as one.
Len Rieser of the Education Law Center was chosen for the Philadelphia Bar Association's Andrew Hamilton Award. Each year the award goes to a public-interest attorney or someone who provides legal services to people who can't afford them.
With ePostal Services, people can e-mail encrypted documents in a secure format. Senders can also be notified when documents are received and opened. When messages are sent, they land in a separate folder.
In response to PayPal cutting off the embattled international nonprofit media organization, Philadelphia startup Xipwire announced today it is collecting donations for WikiLeaks via text.
For every runner who has ever bought a water with the fiver in your shoe, David Waxman and Jason Brown created the VitaBand, a bracelet with a chip holding emergency contact info and credit card information.
Ridaroo founders Andy Guy and Aksel Gungor studied the carpool board in the Drexel Co-op office and knew there had to be a better way. They begin a pilot program at Drexel this month, with eyes on expansion to other campuses.