There's another blackout at Harrisburg University. Beginning yesterday at 8 a.m., the young science and technology institution blocked access over its network to several popular social media sites.
Known around the Capital Region as Jersey Mike, this Garden State transplant has set up roots in Harrisburg as a rapidly growing concert promoter, rabble-rouser and soon-to-be bagel-maker.
With a lifetime of relevant experience, skills and contacts, longtime serial entrepreneur Ed Harrell is establishing a model for entrepreneurial studies in higher ed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When the veteran graphic designer was laid off, it didn't take long to realize he should start his own firm. Entrepreneurship is sometimes the only option for the suddenly jobless and Nathan Frohm is among those successfully executing their vision.
He never chose the conventional route, which makes his various entrepreneurial pursuits all the more promising. The biodiesel lab he created in Carlisle is educating the next generation of outside-the-box thinkers.