The University of Pittsburgh has received $292,800 in government funding to develop a plan for biotech workforce development and engagement in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The American Association of Community Colleges got $10 million to develop a network for cybersecurity workforce development in Pennsylvania and 12 other Appalachian states.
Those projects are part of a mission to award $33.5 million to collaborative, multistate projects to drive large-scale economic transformation. And Pittsburgh is at the center.
Pittsburgh is often considered an industrial city in the midst of coal country – and for a long time, that was an accurate assessment. Yet, as time has progressed and the city has become more tech-centric, the region hasn’t lost its reputation as being reliant on fossil fuels…