It’s not always easy to be a women in field traditionally dominated by men, but four female leaders in science industry gathered at Quorum yesterday to offer their perspective on how to be successful in the field. Merck senior director of licensing and... »
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The Women in Tech Summit, part of Philly Tech Week Kickoff Weekend, drew about 200 women to Wharton’s Jon Huntsman Hall in University City on a warm, sunny Saturday. Both panelists, presenters, and audience members alike discussed lessons learned, offe... »
It’s Philly Tech Week! It’s the Philadelphia Science Festival! The Flyers advance to round two! Need any more reasons to celebrate? There are more than 80 events scheduled this week, and they’re all fast selling and offering insight into the community.... »
Welcome to a new week in which we hope the Phillies can score at least as many runs as the Flyers score goals. In addition to all of the playoff hockey, pre-events for the second annual Philly Tech Week presented by AT&T start Friday and the Philadelph... »
Next Fab Studio launched in January 2010 on the first floor of the University City Science Center as a members-only 3D prototyping studio. It was part of an idealistic strategy: turn a stretch of West Market Street into a vibrant tech corridor. Now, th... »
Welcome to the VC Roundup, where we’ll parse through venture capital news related to Philadelphia-based private equity firms and the companies they fund. Subscribe to the roundup as an email newsletter. If you have any VC-related news to pass along to ... »
We’re pleased to announce that our Philly Tech Week 2012 presented by AT&T Program & Magazine is now available at more than 100 retail locations in Philadelphia. You can view the magazine online in full resolution by clicking on the image above or by c... »
Calling all digital artists: here’s your chance to have one of your works displayed on the PECO Crown Lights during Philly Tech Week 2012. The University City Science Center’s Breadboard Art in the Air program is partnering with Philly Tech Week to off... »
Code for America isn’t yet halfway through its second fellowship year, but, as of today, Philadelphia now already has a direct stake in its third year and beyond. The much celebrated program that puts technologists in year-long partnerships with city g... »
Philadelphia is a big market, has the infrastructure of other leading regions for social enterprise and, oh, the city has a lot of problems. That’s the value proposition coming out of an event organized last week by the Knight Foundation, the Delaware ... »
Nearly 85 percent of students at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania are unaware that they can stay in Philadelphia upon graduation, according to a new report from the Philadelphia Research Initiative. “I was under the impr... »
Nick Carr says cloud computing is a new disruptive technology, but the story of its disruption is an old one. Carr, the author of The Big Switch, and Does IT Matter?, says cloud computing adoption parallels the evolution of power production in the earl... »
Jonathan Melllinger has experience on both sides of the investment ecosystem, first as a successful entrepreneur and now as a member at Robin Hood Ventures. Mellinger told an audience of entrepreneurs and angel investors at the Science Center’s Angel E... »
As if the Obama Administration’s healthcare bill —The Affordable Care Act — wasn’t under enough fire this week with the start of Supreme Court hearings yesterday, medical technology trade organization AdvaMed held a press conference with congressmen fr... »
