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July 1, 2015

West Virginia Regional Technology Park Launches WVABLE Program and Seeks Entrepreneurs

The West Virginia Regional Technology Park (WVRTP) recently launched the West Virginia Aspiring Business Leaders and Entrepreneur (WVABLE) program to assist, foster and facilitate research and technology startups and entrepreneurs in West Virginia. Participation in WVABLE provides both current and future entrepreneurs with the skills and resources necessary to succeed and grow. The WVRTP will […]

July 1, 2015

West Virginia’s Young Entrepreneurs Are Role Models for Students

  Teachers have a new resource for entrepreneurship education, thanks to a joint effort of the EdVenture Group, the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, and the West Virginia Department of Education. Young Entrepreneurs in Action is a video series, complete with age-appropriate lesson plans, aimed at providing West Virginia K-12 students with entrepreneurship education. Ten West […]

June 30, 2015

New Vision Renewable Energy: Let There Be Light!

What if you could take a discarded item and turn it into a source of light for people in third world, energy-poor countries?  And what if, at the same time, you could engage young people in a renewable energy project that taught them new skills? That’s exactly what Ruston Seaman has done with New Vision […]

June 2, 2015

Protea Announces Agreement To Acquire vivoPharm

Combined company to develop and market new services for pharmaceutical R&D Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. recently announced that it has entered into an agreement for the purchase of vivoPharm Pty Ltd. (“vivoPharm”), a global provider of pharmacology, toxicology and bioanalytical research services, with a portfolio of proprietary oncology models. With facilities in Melbourne, Australia and […]

June 2, 2015

West Virginia Company Named Winner in Shale Gas Innovation Contest Finals Event

Fairmont Brine Processing, based in West Virginia, was named one of four winners in the 4th Annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest, held May 12 in Southpointe, PA.  The firm walked away with a winner’s check for $25,000 after pitching their technology to an audience of nearly 150 attendees. Fairmont Brine Processing has developed an evaporation […]

June 2, 2015

Access The Tools Of Innovation At WVU Shared Research Facilities

Imagine having access to the same state-of-the-art instruments that elite scientists use to create the latest high tech materials or the next generation of drugs. The West Virginia University Shared Research Facilities can help scientists and entrepreneurs from other academic institutions, national or state laboratories, or from the private sector turn imagination into reality. The […]

June 2, 2015

WVRTP Launches Program and Seeks Entrepreneurs

The West Virginia Regional Technology Park (WVRTP) recently launched the West Virginia Aspiring Business Leaders and Entrepreneur (WVABLE) program to assist, foster and facilitate research and technology startups and entrepreneurs in West Virginia. Participation in WVABLE provides both current and future entrepreneurs with the skills and resources necessary to succeed and grow. The WVRTP will […]

June 2, 2015

HEPC Summer STEM Speakers Announced

The Chancellor’s STEM Speaker Series that, thus far, has brought Alexandra Cousteau, John Medina and Steven Squyres to West Virginia, will continue into the summer with speakers lined up for June and July. Dr. Jan Taylor, Director of the Division of Science and Research which organizes the series, said, “We have had a wonderful audience […]

June 2, 2015

2015 SBIR Road Tour Visits Fairmont

The 2015 SBIR Road Tour stopped in Fairmont on May 14, providing information about technology funding opportunities for West Virginia entrepreneurs and small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs of the U.S. Small Business Administration. More than 90 individuals turned out to hear directly from SBIR program […]

April 30, 2015

WV Bio Summit Attendees Receive Experience, Advice, Inspiration

The more than 100 attendees of the Fifth Annual West Virginia Bioscience Summit, which took place April 21-22 at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown, West Virginia, were the beneficiaries of the event’s expert presenters’ experience, advice and inspiration on moving the state’s life science economy forward. The two-day event featured discussion on strategies to […]