Q and A: Barbara VanKirk of IQ Inc.
Barbara VanKirk, founder of the Murrysville-based IT consulting firm IQ Inc., has been in the software business for more than 30 years and has seen drastic changes to the industry in that time.
Online teaching Master's program comes to Wilkes
Online learning has increased dramatically over the last seven years, in both the classroom and workplace. In the fall of 2007, nearly four million students were enrolled in an online course.
Two PA students win national award for organizing volunteer activities in hometowns
Ryan Morgan, 16, of Moscow, near Scranton, and Kennedy Jet Kulish, 12, of Lancaster were this year's winners from Pennsylvania of the 2009 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
East Stroudsburg-based Right Reason Technologies honored with Innovation Award
Dave Mehrtens, one of three partners of East Stroudsburg-based eLearning provider Right Reason Technologies, was surprised when his company won an iExchange Award from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
$440M hydroelectric plan expansion in Lancaster County is back on PPL's radar, could bring 500 jobs
A worsening recession and projections of future energy prices caused PPL to withdrew its application to expand the Holtwood Hydroelectric Plant on the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County in December.
Innovation Works lays a fast track for startups in Southwest PA
Innovation Works, the Ben Franklin Technology Partner for Southwestern PA, presented its annual public report along with a showcase of 9 portfolio firms last Thursday.
Hospital full of kids moves to new facility--and new era of pediatric medicine in Pittsburgh
In a piper's parade of pediatric promise, a 40-ambulance armada transferred 152 of the youngest and sickest patients in Pittsburgh to the brand new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
Carnegie Learning enters Latin American market in venture with Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Learning will extend its platform for educational software to high schools in Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile.
BAE Systems lands $61M contract for US Marine vehicles made in York
BAE Systems, the worldwide British defense contracting firm that maintains business operations in Jessup, Pittsburgh, and York, Pennsylvania, has landed three new contracts valued at $61 million.
Three Emerging Trends in Innovation--and Three Concerns
Jeff DeGraff, known to major corporations like Apple, Pfizer and Toyota as the "innovation guru," will be in Bethlehem next week for Ben Franklin Technology Partners' i xchange 2009 networking event.