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Q&A: Melvin Gravely's view at the crossroads of race and business

Gene Monteith Thursday, July 15, 2010

Melvin Gravely II sits at the intersection of race and business -- an important place to be as the nation's minority populations rise within a rapidly changing economy. Founder of an engineering firm, author of seven books and a sought-after keynote speaker, Gravely is managing director of the Cincinnati-based Institute for Entrepreneurial Thinking, which works to bridge the gaps in reasoning that hinder minority entrepreneurship and community access to talent. hiVelocity asked Gravely about his work.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Entrepreneurship

Cincinnati

Gulf oil spill a bittersweet opportunity for Ohio cleanup experts

Colin McEwen Thursday, July 15, 2010

When something as destructive and disastrous as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurs, the country's top experts, specialists and industrialists rise to the occasion. Some of those experts are right here in Ohio.

Advanced Materials, Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, High Tech

Cincinnati

Video: The importance of STEM

Thursday, July 01, 2010

STEM education -- the integration of science, technology, engineering and math into every facet of learning -- is on the rise in Ohio. This video, from the Ohio STEM Learning Network, explains the importance of STEM.

STEM

Carpe Ventum (Seize the Wind)

Douglas Trattner Thursday, July 01, 2010

There are far windier places in the United State than Ohio, but there may be few better to site a wind farm. Readers, take notice: The wind industry is alive and growing in Ohio.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Dayton/West Central Ohio, Toledo/Northwest Ohio

Cleveland

Small town entrepreneurs prove success not hinged on city lights

Dave Malaska Thursday, July 01, 2010

Big business doesn't always have to mean life in the big city. Some of Ohio's fastest-growing companies are proving that, becoming leaders in high-tech and service fields far from the outer-belts of Ohio's urban centers. And they plan on staying there.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Advanced Materials, Appalachia/Southeast Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Information Technology, Instruments - Controls - Electronics

Q&A: Nancy Bridgman talks about the NET Incubator's role in the Dayton region

Gene Monteith Thursday, July 01, 2010

The National Environmental Technology Incubator in Springfield may not be Ohio's biggest incubator, but its affiliation with Central State University makes it a key partner within the Dayton region's academic-business scene. No longer focused just on environmentally oriented companies, the NET incubator has plans to grow. Executive Director Nancy Bridgman brings us up to date in this interview.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Advanced Materials, Central State University, Entrepreneur Programs, Information Technology, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, Third Frontier

Food movement is for real as Ohioans, producers, go local

Colin McEwen Thursday, June 17, 2010

Thousands of Ohioans are flocking to the farm, the farmers market and to restaurants to support locally grown produce. It's a bona fide movement, taking place all over the state � where a local farmer is just around the corner.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Sustainability, Toledo/Northwest Ohio

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus

Globetrotters take note: Cutting international deals is never business as usual

Gabriella Jacobs Thursday, June 17, 2010

You've got the passport. You've got the pocket dictionary. All you have to do is launch your trusty PowerPoint and wait for those Big Deals Abroad to become reality. Right? Slow down, globetrotter, and take this advice from Anne Cappel: "You can't simply go there and do business as usual."

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio

Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland

Q&A: David Beck helps us sift through CIFT

Gene Monteith Thursday, June 17, 2010

Since 1995, the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT) has helped companies involved in some of Ohio's largest and most economically significant industries: food production, processing, packaging. But the center's work reaches all across Ohio's agribusiness universe and it seems no part is left untouched, from research, to local food initiatives to advanced energy. David Beck, CIFT's president and CEO, spoke to us about some of the work CIFT is doing.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Entrepreneurship, Kent State University, Ohio State University, Sustainability, Tech Transfer - Research, Toledo/Northwest Ohio

Toledo

Video: Bot encounter, courtesy of Cuyahoga Community College's 3D animation program

Thursday, June 17, 2010

This short animation was developed by Cuyahoga Community College student Chris Dike, who prepared the piece for a 3D animation class. Nice to know there's still a little bit of humanity in even the most violent robot encounters.

Ohio's growing film industry shows Hollywood glitter isn't all that counts

Val Prevish Thursday, June 03, 2010

Hollywood may still have the name recognition for moviemaking, but some unlikely locations far from the glitter of the iconic California town are becoming the top choices for film producers to create their craft, and leaders in Ohio are positioning our state to tap into this latest evolution in the film industry.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Talent

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Akron

Shrinking right: How Youngstown is miles ahead of Detroit

Terry Parris Jr. Thursday, June 03, 2010

Last month, Terry Parris Jr., a writer for Model D in Detroit, took a look at Youngstown and its northern neighbor -- two midwestern cities with similar industrial legacies. He found that while Youngstown and Detroit share common economic challenges, each has tackled its problems differently. We've republished Parris' look at Youngstown in this issue of hiVelocity.

Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Youngstown State University

Youngstown

Q&A: Byrd Polar Research Center's Mosley-Thompson describes center's role at 50

Gene Monteith Thursday, June 03, 2010

Tucked away on the west side of the Ohio State University campus is the Byrd Polar Research Center -- an international leader in polar and alpine research that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. hiVelocity spoke with Director Ellen Mosley-Thompson, who came to OSU on a graduate fellowship and never left. A professor of geography, leading expert in ice core paleoclimatology and frequent flyer to Antarctica and Greenland, her responsibilities include caring for 7,000 ice cores stored at 30-below in the bowels of Scott Hall.

Columbus/Central Ohio, Ohio State University

Columbus

Video: The ecological footprint, er, hoofprint of a cow

Thursday, June 03, 2010

What kind of footprint do cattle leave on the environment? Doc Sanders explores cow burps and modern dairy practices. From the Ohio Farm Bureau's Our Ohio.

Video: Building value with green deconstruction

SOAPBOX Thursday, May 20, 2010

When buildings are demolished, the debris is usually hauled off to a landfill. However, in the spirit of society's ever increasing environmental consciousness, the folks at Building Value began using an alternative method. By deconstructing a building, they are able to salvage and reuse more than 80 percent of the building material. Soapbox and Seven/Seventy-Nine take you behind the scenes.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio

Cincinnati