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2015 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day at the State Capitol Are you an innovator or entrepreneur in West Virginia? Join us on January 28 at the State Capitol as we showcase the state’s Innovation Economy at the West Virginia Legislature. With many new members of the House of Delegates and State Senate, the time is right […]
For the second year, a national education foundation has rewarded the 3D Printing efforts of the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing. A grant will enable RCBI to offer camps for youngsters across West Virginia. RCBI’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centers in Huntington and Bridgeport will host the camps, open to students in 6th […]
Marshall University’s College of Science is helping bring a new opportunity to science students in grades 6 through 12 this academic year. The Science Olympiad, which organizers say is the “nation’s most exciting K-12 science competition,” will take place in West Virginia for the first time Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, on Marshall University’s Huntington campus. […]
The West Virginia District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration is soliciting nominations for the 2015 Small Business Week Awards. Every year since 1963, the President has called for the nationwide celebration of Small Business Week to acknowledge the significant contributions of small businesses to the nation’s economy. All nominations are due by Monday, […]
Application Period Open Through February 1, 2015 Are you a researcher, entrepreneur, or small business in Pennsylvania or West Virginia focused on developing a new product or service for the shale energy space? Applications are now being accepted for the 4th Annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest, which provides up to $100,000 in cash awards toshale […]
TechConnectWV and TransTech/Industries of the Future-WV will host “Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day” on January 28, 2015 at the State Capitol. Please make plans to attend this special day designed to highlight innovation successes and entrepreneurial activities in West Virginia. “The goal is to showcase the groups and companies that are working to advance innovation and […]
More than 300 individuals attended the FIRST LEGO League Regional Qualifier Nov. 15 at Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) in downtown Huntington. Twelve teams of students aged 9 to 14 from six counties in West Virginia and Ohio competed in several challenges, including one in which they programed LEGO robots to […]
Software giant was featured at the 2014 TransTech Energy Business Development Conference. The company’s Cleantech Partner Program director, Paul Cousens, described how qualified cleantech companies can obtain up to $150,000 worth of digital prototyping software for free. Technical and business development leaders from Autodesk demonstrated how their software and development teams take an idea from […]
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day at the State Capitol showcases the groups and companies that are working to advance innovation and entrepreneurship across West Virginia.
Alexandra Cousteau, award-winning filmmaker, National Geographic Explorer and granddaughter of the late Jacques Cousteau, is coming to Charleston on Thursday, Nov. 13. She will be the first in a series of guests who will appear in the Chancellor’s Speaker Series over the next few months. Cousteau’s presentation, “How to be a Lifelong Explorer: Leadership through […]