Tax credit may help bring video game producers to Pa. [Newsworks] Find our previous coverage of this issue here.
Wayne’s HealthQx aims to benchmark healthcare for better, more cost-effective outcomes [Keystone Edge]
For biology senior, Carver Science Fair Scholarship made Temple a reality [Temple University Communications] “For the past 10 years, Temple has offered two scholarships to Carver Science Fair students who place first or second among the 11th grade fair participants. The annual $2,500 scholarships are renewable for a total of four years. […] “The scholarship has definitely been helpful,” said [Temple senior Hung] Luong, the first in his family to go to college. “I got accepted to Temple and Drexel University, and once I looked at tuition, the choice was pretty clear. I have a couple of other grants, so with this scholarship, my Temple tuition has been covered.””
State files charges against Phila. charter that opened in September [Philadelphia Inquirer] “The Solomon Charter School only opened in September, but Pennsylvania’s secretary of education filed charges Friday to revoke the operating charter of the Philadelphia-based cyber school for violating its charter and state law. Secretary Ron Tomalis said the cyber school based at 1209 Vine St. was not meeting the requirement of offering a significant portion of its instruction to students online.”
taking design out of the studio and onto the streets [Flying Kite] Flying Kite profiles the design-oriented youth program Tiny WPA/Public Workshop. Find our Q&A with founder Alex Gilliam here.
Facetime with those guys from ‘The Facebook Song’ [Philadelphia Daily News] “Way back in 2005, while [Philadelphia-born lyricist/composer Benj] Pasek and [musical writing partner, Justin] Paul were still musical theater majors at the University of Michigan, Web exposure of their material ignited one of the most successful theatrical shows that’s never played on Broadway.
Written out of desperation, Pasek said recently, “because we couldn’t get interest going at school for a full-scale production,” their stripped-down “Edges – A Song Cycle,” featuring the viral hit known on the Web as “The Facebook Song,” has scored more than a hundred productions worldwide. Last week it was playing in San Antonio. Next month the show will be up in Singapore.”
PhillyInc: Economy League offers road map to ‘world-class Philadelphia’ [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Mark Hansinger, Director of U.S. Distribution, DMR and MPS Channel Sales for OKI Data Americas Recognized as one of UBM Tech Channel’s CRN 2013 Channel Chiefs [press release] News from the Mt. Laurel, N.J.-based PC equipment company OKI Data Americas.
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