Future of Pittsburgh is Now: Globalization and Business Expansion Abound
Pittsburgh's status, growth and innovation are increasingly becoming world class. The No. 1 Large American City of the Future will also get a workplace of the future.
Why Artists Keep Moving to Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh's industrial legacy, supportive arts community, available grant money and cost of living make it ideal for creators and dreamers.
Q and A: James Dougherty, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
The professor, along with a trio of IUP students, is helping shine a light on the many untold contributions of black soldiers to the Civil War through a virtual reality tool and old-fashioned re-enactment.
Groceries to go! Allegheny County online delivery service expands
Churchill resident Lisa Hildreth was working her way through nursing school at Waynesburg University when she hit upon a better way to help those in need.
Serial entrepreneur from Poconos gives Catholics chance to log on and share acts of kindness
Brian Pedone wants the world to know that most Catholics are honorable people who do good things. He launched AreYouCatholic.com as a way for Catholics to share their acts of kindness anonymously.
State gives $2M for sodium sulfur batteries meant to replace backup generators
Power Source LLC plans to develop sodium sulfur batteries that can store energy from renewable and traditional sources so customers can use the batters in place of backup generators. Or users can save money on electricity use during peak hours.
Lancaster gets national award for 47-acre brownfield redevelopment project
Lancaster's Northwest Gateway Project turned a vacated 47-acre industrial site into an urban green oasis. The project is also one of 10 nationwide to garner a Phoenix Award for brownfield development.
Northeast PA startup monitors car fleets' engine performance, fuel efficiency and more
Many businesses that run fleets of vehicles use GPS tracking systems to keep an eye on where their cars are. But Prova Systems, a startup north of Scranton, has developed technology that monitors a lot more than where a car is at any given moment.
Turkey Hill's new wind turbines powering production of beverages and ice cream
Most windmills are clustered in large groups, but the new turbines at the Turkey Hill Dairy are different because there are just two. They produce about one-quarter of the electricity Turkey Hill needs to produce ice cream, milk and iced tea.
Talk of PA manufacturing's demise greatly exaggerated, study says
Many in the commonwealth think manufacturing is a dying industry. But it was responsible for about 650,000 jobs and 13.6 percent of Pennsylvania's economic output in 2008, according to a recent study led by Cleveland State University in Ohio.