Part of President Hope’s energy policy is the creation of a smart grid, an intelligent infrastructure for distributing energy. He allocated $11 billion of the stimulus package to the research and implementation of a smart grid. Looks like we might get some of that money. Lockheed Martin, a likely recipient of stimulus money, has entered […]
Governor Rendell said today that $42 million of federal stimulus money appropriated to Pennsylvania will be used to support Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities: Penn State, Pitt, Temple, and Lincoln. Hopefully the money is not just divided into quarters, as Penn State has 92,633 students compared to a combined 66,671 students at the other three universities. […]
The New York Times’ Freakonomics blog had a nice post about THON today. Stephen Dubner framed THON as a philanthropic success story in a dismal economy. There was legitimate concern that the fund-raising total would fall off significantly this year. But it didn’t: for the fifth consecutive year, the THON (as it’s known) broke the […]
The Daily Collegian introduced a new product to its online store in the past week. The paper is now selling poster prints of front pages from special events, like Obama’s election and THON. The prints cost $10 plus tax and shipping. Eventually, the Collegian hopes to allow readers to purchase a front page print from […]
With half of the nation’s hospitals running losses, the Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s recent announcement of plans for an enlightened ER came as a surprise. But, on second glance, we realized the economic strain being endured by the nation’s hospitals is the very impetus for Hershey Med’s plans. Dr. Chris DeFlitch spoke with WITF […]