Celebrating RAMP Alumni in the News (2023)

Verge is pleased to acknowledge some RAMP Alumni in 2023, who have been featured in the news:

• Making the Science Work (BEAM Diagnostics), Valley Business Front, January 2023 issue (page 38-39)
• Micro Harmonics Received a 2022 Product of the Year Award from Electronic Products (1/27/23)
• CytoRecovery Awarded National Science Foundation Phase II SBIR Research Grant of $952,558 (2/9/23)
• Robert Gourdie, RAMP Alumni & Founder of Tiny Cargo Company, named Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (2/14/23) & in Valley Business Front March Issue (see page 48) 
• Startup, Ticket Spicket, Gets Ticket Punched, featured in Cardinal News (3/6/23)
• The Search to Make Cheaper Batteries for Electric Vehicles (Fermi Energy), WVTF-RadioIQ (3/6/23)
• Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center Announces First Cohort for JLABS Virtual Residency (which includes all RAMP alumni, 3/29/23).  Also, in Cardinal News & VA Bio News.
• Code One, National CPR Provider, Good Fit in Roanoke, by The Roanoke Times (4/23/23)
• RBTC Press Release on 2023 TechNite, featuring 4 RAMP Alumni & their respective awards (5/18/23). Also, in Cardinal News & Valley Business Front June issue (see page 32).
• Mickey Cowden, founder of Cowden Technologies (RAMP Alumni), selected in the Gauntlet Hall of Fame (6/2/23)
• Fralin Biomedical Research Institute spinoff Cairina Inc. translates science into improved cancer treatments (7/17/23)
• MOVA opens new facility in Pulaski by Southwest Times (8/7/23)
• University Lab Partners announces CytoRecovery and Vena Vitals as the winners of Orange County’s 2023 Pitch. Launch. Grow. Competition (9/8/23)
• Blacksburg startup’s goal: power electric vehicles with local materials, including one that comes from coal by Cardinal News (9/15)
• Fralin Biomedical Research Institute spinoff company partnering with UVA Health to improve screening for opioid use disorder (9/19)
• MOVA Technologies Successfully Closes $2 Million Seed Funding Round (9/13/23) – also featured on Verge site
• BEAM: Setting the Standard for Proactive Behavioral Healthcare, event hosted by RBTC (9/30/23)
• Watch 3D Heals Innovation Webinar, Featuring RAMP Alumni, Skyphos (12/2023)