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 Tech
Post-Its will be on summer hiatus after this issue during GJKIZ
preparations for the 2007-2008 academic year. See you in
September!
Collaborate, Investigate, Innovate
. . . Building Effective Relationships for SBIR/STTR Funding:
A few slots are open if you haven't registered for the annual Greater
Johnstown SBIR workshop held during Showcase
for Commerce. This year's edition is on Thursday, May 31,
from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Detailed information and a
registration form is in the attached SBIR Collaboration
Seminar.pdf. Note that workshop attendees have the option
of purchasing a ticket to the Showcase for Commerce Opening
Reception. For more info, contact Sherry Click at
814.535.8675 or sclick
@jari.com.
JARI
Welcomes New GJKIZ Coordinator: Johnstown Area Regional
Industries is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Amy Noon
to the position of Technology Development Specialist, which entails the
duties of Coordinator of the Greater Johnstown KIZ. Ms. Noon can
be reached at JARI on or after June 4 at 814.535.8675 or anoon@jari.com.
JARI
Announces Business Park Expansion: Johnstown Area Regional
Industries will hold a groundbreaking on May 29 for 92-acre expansion of
the Johnstown Business Park. Congressman John P. Murtha, State
Senator John Wozniak, State Representative Ed Wojnaroski, and
other local elected officials and business leaders will be on hand at
the new site. Funding partners include the Economic
Development Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission,
and Pennsylvania's Business In Our Sites and Infrastructure
Development Programs. The expansion will include nine new
parcels that are targeted to high technology, advanced light
manufacturing, health care, defense, warehouse distribution, and office
use.
"Why
Do Colleges and Universities Need to Focus on Entrepreneurship?"
For anyone wanting to understand the driving need to update college
curricula to include entrepreneurship, the May 3 edition of the Pitt
University Times has an article
discussing this topic and how Pitt intends to address it.
ChemImage Corporation
Adds Employees: Chemimage's Johnstown facility has
expanded its permanent workforce beyond its initial hires for the first
time. Matthew Harbart and Jennifer DeCoskey were
hired as Application Scientists. Both are 2007 graduates of St. Francis University with degrees in
Chemistry. Matt was a GJKIZ Innovator Intern prior to his
hiring.
ChemImage,
headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA develops chemical imaging equipment
that combines molecular spectroscopy and digital imaging to deliver
analytical information with unprecedented speed and clarity,
targeting pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, forensics, polymers, chemical
and biological detection, food safety and environmental
remediation. For more info visit www.chemimage.com
Governor
Rendell Announces Mount Aloysius College and Saint Francis University
Keystone Innovation Grant Award: Mount Aloysius College was
awarded a $100,000 Keystone Innovation Grant on April 11 to further its
technology transfer efforts. The funds will be shared with Saint
Francis University. Read the full announcement here.
Ed
Huttenhower from Saint Francis University (left) and Sister Mary
Ann Dillon (2nd from right) and Scott Coulson (right) from
Mount Aloysius College receive a $100K KIG check from Rebecca Bagley
of the PA Department of Community and Economic Development.
Entrepreneurial
Retreat for Professors: Juniata College is sponsoring an
entrepreneurial "bootcamp" June 3 through June 5 in
Huntington. The GJKIZ endorses this training for all GJKIZ college
and university faculty. For more info, to register, or to apply
for a scholarship, click here.
Community Partnerships RC&D is hosting
a grant workshop June 11 through 15 at the Union County Government Center in
Lewisburg. For info, contact Lori Mitzel at 717.248.4901 or midstatercd@yahoo.com.
Government
Contracting Symposium Held in Somerset: JARI, the Somerset
County Economic Development Council, and the Somerset County Chamber of
Commerce hosted a state and federal government procurement symposium on
April 25. Over 40 attendees participated in presentations about
doing business with the Pennsylvania and U.S. Governments.
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Gayle
Nuppnau (left) from the Pennsylvania Department of General
Services takes time to chat with a symposium participant. |
This
Month's "In Case You Missed It": Kuchera Defense
and DRS Laurel Technologies announced multi-million dollar
contract awards. Read the Tribune Democrat stories here
and here.
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