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New HIV atlas generates national attention for ROK Technologies, Inc.
Jul. 1, 2009 Charleston Digital Corridor
Media outlets nationwide jumped on a major health story: the first]ever release of maps showing the rate of HIV/AIDS infection by U.S. county. While experts had long seen high rates in urban centers, many were surprised to see the Southeast emerging as a major hub for HIV and AIDS. The online mapping interface, created by ROK Technologies, Inc., has proven so powerful that 100,000 people visited the site MapHIV.org within 24 hours of its posting.
Passing the hammer: ACBA says goodbye to a friend, mentor and inspiration
Jun. 30, 2009 ACBA News Release
Philip Simmons was more than just another outstanding American craftsman; he remains the inspirational founder of an entire American movement to ensure that art goes back into building. Just as Philip Simmons understood the critical need for master artisans in America, a small group of individuals in Charleston saw the shortage of professional building artisans across the United States and in 1997 the group joined forces with Simmons to try and preserve the lost arts and give a national crisis hope.
Techbridge Academy, a summer technology and academic program sponsored by South Carolina State University teaches high-school students about technology, nd how to build a computer. If they complete the course successfully, they get to keep the computer. The university purchases the computers at a reduced cost from the Pennsylvania-based construction and engineering firm Henkels & McCoy.
Fixing walls, American College of the Building Arts is helping their college
Jun. 29, 2009 Charleston Post and Courier
Of all the trades taught by the American College of the Building Arts, none may be quite as endangered as plasterer. While new construction today often makes use of masons, timber framers, carpenters and even stone cutters, it's rare to find new plaster walls. Plaster is more organic a simple mix of lime and sand instead of the reconstituted gypsum and chemical-treated paper found in sheetrock.
Google, educators working with Lowcountry middle school entrepreneurs
Jun. 26, 2009 Charleston Regional Business Journal
The iTEAMS program (Innovation Technology & Entrepreneurship Among Middle Schoolers), which is free to its participants, is a joint effort among The S.C. Governors School for Science and Mathematics, Google Inc. and Berkeley County School District to encourage students who are interested in pursuing computer science, engineering, programming and business.
South Carolinas seaports stand to gain more than $12 million in additional funding for deepening studies and channel maintenance following action in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Port of Charleston is currently 47 feet deep at mean low water in the entrance channel and 45 feet inside the harbor. Charlestons channels have the opportunity to go even deeper thanks to funding for the resumption of a reconnaissance study on future deepening.
BAE Systems, which operates facilities in Aiken and North Charleston, has been awarded $124.8 million in contracts from the U.S. Army to reset, upgrade and maintain M113 vehicles. The contract work will be doled out between the companys existing facility in Aiken, as well as its facilities in Anniston, Ala. and Fort Hood, Texas.
A new market for its products, coupled with a commitment to source materials from local suppliers, has prompted Welded Tube-Berkeley to expand its operations in the Charleston area. The company, a subsidiary of Welded Tube of Canada, was established in Huger, SC in 2004. Welded Tube-Berkeley produces sprinkler pipe products for use in fire protection systems, and mechanical and light structural tubing for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) applications such as racking, handrail and other manufactured products.
BiblioLabs Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Wharf District in Charleston, South Carolina
Jun. 24, 2009 Charleston Digital Corridor
BiblioLabs, LLC is pleased to announce the relocation of its Corporate Headquarters to the Charleston Digital Corridors Wharf District in Charleston, South Carolina. The CEO selected the location based on the growing community of entrepreneurial companies, the quality of the facility and its ability to support the needs of a rapidly growing technology business, the areas lifestyle in terms of attracting and retaining high value employees in areas such as software development.
Charleston is ranked as No. 2 on a list of best small cities for young professionals to live and work. The designation, announced this month, comes from Next Generation Consulting, a company that studies city and workplace preferences of 20- to 40-years-olds. The rankings are based on seven characteristics that are important to young professionals: earning, learning, vitality, around town, after hours, cost of lifestyle and social capital.
MeadWestvaco, Rockefeller Group break ground on logistics park
Jun. 19, 2009 Charleston Regional Business Journal
Officials from MeadWestvaco Crop. and Rockefeller Group broke ground on their joint-venture logistics park near Jedburg. Work on the site pad will begin for the first of four planned buildings. The goal is to create a plot where a building could be erected in a matter of months if a tenant is secured.
MUSC Childrens Hospital heart program nationally ranked
Jun. 19, 2009 Charleston Regional Business Journal
The Medical University of South Carolina Childrens Hospital is ranked among the Best Childrens Hospitals in the August edition of U.S. News and World Report. The report ranks the 30 best childrens hospitals in the country and breaks down the ranking into 10 specialties, including cancer, neonatal care, orthopedics and urology. The rankings are decided based on reputation, outcome and care-related measures.
Academic Magnet ranked among best public high schools in nation
Jun. 16, 2009 Charleston Regional Business Journal
Academic Magnet High School in North Charleston is ranked No. 12 on this years Newsweek magazine ranking of top public high schools nationwide. To calculate the index, the magazine takes the total number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests given at a school in May and divides it by the number of seniors graduating in May or June.
A vaccine created by GenPhar, Inc. in Mount Pleasant has proved "100 percent effective" in protecting monkeys against all four strains of dengue fever. Researchers plan to see if they get the same results with humans by the Naval Medical Research Center conducting human clinical trials of the vaccine. The potential economic impact for the state and region is enormous.
Wave Sciences Corporation locates corporate headquarters to Charleston, SC
Jun. 15, 2009 Charleston Digital Corridor
Wave Sciences Corporation, an internationally recognized leader in audio and video forensics and C4ISR technology, is pleased to announce the relocation of its Corporate Headquarters to Charleston, South Carolina. Locating in the Charleston Digital Corridor's Flagship, Wave Sciences is a welcome addition to Charleston's entrepreneurial economy and attributes its success and growth to the strong Advanced Security Cluster in the region.
Stimulus showing up: SBA smooths the way for book publisher 's loan
Jun. 15, 2009 Charleston Post and Courier
Some of that $700 billion in federal stimulus money is trickling down to small businesses in South Carolina including Lee German's book publishing company in Mount Pleasant. German's Sylvan Dell Publishing, which publishes and distributes science-themed children's books across the country, employs eight people and has seen record growth in the last year.
Navistar and American LaFrance are working towards an agreement to jointly produce a low cab-over engine (LCOE) truck that will be added to Navistars International lineup. The vehicle, originally being designed for the waste and construction markets with additional vocational applications to be added in the future, will be based on the American LaFrance LCOE platform.
The Review Board that oversees SC's endowed chairs research program voted this week to award three new Centers of Economic Excellence (CoEE. The CoEE program provides incentives for the state's three research universities (Medical University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina and Clemson University) to create Centers of Economic Excellence, along with associated endowed professorships, in high-technology areas to enhance the state's economy.
Trident One Stop Career Center Winner of the 2008 International Association of Workforce Professionals
Jun. 2, 2009 PR Web
The Trident One Stop Career Center was recognized by the International Association of Workforce Professionals (IAWP), SC Chapter, as the 2008 winner of the One Stop of the Year Award for outstanding achievement.
South Carolina Startup and InnoVenture presenter BeliefNetworks named to Silicon Alley Insider 2009 Startup Top 10
May 29, 2009 Swamp Fox
BeliefNetworks, Inc, a Charleston, SC tech startup has been selected to the top 10 of Startup 2009 by Silicon Alley Insider. These 10 emerging online companies have survived three rounds of scrutiny from our panel of VC judges and been selected from a pool of more than 150 applicants to make their pitches live at our conference on June 3rd.
SCRAs Advanced Technology Institute selected by Wall Street Journal as Winning Workplace Finalist
May 29, 2009 Swamp Fox
Winning Workplaces and The Wall Street Journal have collaborated to identify exceptional small organizations private, nonprofit or publicly held in their 2009 annual ranking of the Top Small Workplaces. The Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), an SCRA affiliate, has been chosen as one of 35 national finalists.
South Carolina Publisher wins 3 indepenent publishing awards in field of 4,090 worldwide entries.
May 29, 2009 Swamp Fox
Three Charleston authors won top awards in the Independent Publishers prestigious annual IPPY competition. Former Wall Street investment banker John Thompson won the gold for his thriller Armageddon Conspiracy, published by Charleston-based Joggling Board Press.
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