Education resource projects in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are among the 49 education programs selected from a field of nearly 1700 nationally, to receive highly coveted 'validation' grants from the 2009 stimulus bill.
Two Ricks, Frescatore and Scott, got their start in recycling 20 years ago and have taken their next sustainable step with Fresco Green Building Supplies, connecting sustainable products with customers and installers in Lancaster and beyond.
This isn't a citizen's arrest. Rather, multiple technology firms are working at bringing emergency responders, school and other institutions up to speed with the latest and most effective security and monitoring gadgetry.
Comedian/host Joe Rogan has enlisted the services of Pittsburgh's Wizzard Software to monetize and create an iPhone application and podcast for his various comedy shows and his radio interviews and appearances.
Souderton's Solar Manufacturing has received an order for its new metal production furnace from a company right here in Pennsylvania.
This week, environmental advocacy group Citizens For Pennsylvania's Future announced its search for honorees to be applauded as Green Power Heroes at the group's Green Power Awards luncheons in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh this fall.
Through a $10,000 investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Pennsylvania College of Technology has expanded a thermoforming center that will give students the chance to work on real plastics manufacturing projects with real companies.
This week, Pittsburgh's Geospatial Holdings announced that their wholly-owned subsidiary Geospatial Mapping completed its first project mapping pipelines and feed lines for Denver Water in Denver, CO.
The Erie Inland Port Initiative announced this week that they will be conducting a survey examining the volume of freight entering and exiting the Erie ports in an effort to form a comprehensive shippers association for Erie County.
As DreamIt Ventures celebrates Demo Day--an exhibition of new products their graduates have created--the venture firm announced this week that $125,000 from its latest funding round will go toward seeding 10 new companies.