Squatters use crowdfunding to buy West Philly house at auction [LINKS]

Squatters: PHA is about to auction our home [City Paper] “Squatters who live in a row home in West Philly are raising funds via indiegogo in anticipation of an upcoming auction of 200 Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) properties, which includes the house they currently occupy. The property has been occupied by squatters for the past eight years.”

Pop A Squat homestead fund [indiegogo]

Philly baby the first born using new in vitro screening technique [Newsworks] “An infant born to a Philadelphia couple on May 18 is a worldwide first: Connor Levy is the first baby born after his parents used a genetic screening process that boosts pregnancy rates for couples using in vitro fertilization.”

Gina Siesing Named Bryn Mawr College’s Chief Information Officer [press release] “Gina came to Tufts in 2005 as the Associate Director for Educational Technology after several years at Harvard University, where she left as the Manager of Instructional Design and Development for the Academic Technology Group and director of the Harvard@Home program.”

Transforming Philadelphia through Enterprise Architecture [Managing Director’s Office blog]

What Makes Creative Businesses Choose Philadelphia? [Keystone Edge] “Robert Cheetham, founder and CEO of Azavea, a Loft District-based B-Corporation (B-Corp happens to be based in Wayne, Pa.) that builds civic software for geographic data analysis, can relate to the tax pain, but his passion for the city outweighs that inconvenience. He spends a lot of his time recruiting national and international talent to work at his firm and encouraging them to relocate here.”