Innovation Park is honored to host the traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial on October 5-8^th. The Wall event is sponsored by the Veterans Benefits Center in Lock Haven and WPSU. This special event is being held in conjunction with both “The Vietnam War” documentary and the WPSU Documentary titled “A Time to Heal” showing now on PBS. All programming is in commemoration of the 50^th anniversary of the Vietnam War. 

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Tilt-up construction speeds progress at 310 Innovation Blvd.

Check out this behind-the-scenes look at the innovative construction approach at the park’s newest facility. 310 Innovation Boulevard, the future site of Morgan Advanced Materials’ Carbon Science Centre of Excellence, is on track to be open for occupancy this fall.

Rick Kubina, a Penn State professor specializing in the science of individual measurement and performance/learning improvement, has done it all. He has conducted research, mentored students, published papers and books on the science of graphical display and powerful performance change methods.

For someone so heavily involved and informed on this specified schooling of science, having him plainly explain Chartlytics seemed like it might be a daunting task. Chartlytics is the application he cofounded of the Standard Celeration Chart that allows users to quantify important aspects of performance and learning.

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Bob Hicks gets it. After 20 years in corporate finance and the new venture startup industry in New York City, he's back in State College serving as CEO of PerseaNaturals, a company that produces natural food colors from avocado seeds, and as part-time Presbyterian minister in the fly-fishing capital of the state.

When asked about the transition from New York City to Happy Valley, from big finance to a startup in Innovation Park, his answer is simple. It's not either/or, it's both.

Read more: Bob Hicks: It's Not Either/Or, It's Both