The Talent Dividend calculates just how much college degrees add to a city's bottom line--think billions--and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are competing for the million dollar prize to boost college attainment.
PA is a hub for creative reuse, evidenced by thriving centers in Lancaster, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia that takes used or recycled materials and turns them into works of art or other useful items.
Small presses in Pennsylvania don�t see e-readers as competition; instead, these publishers and booksellers are finding ways to use the shift in the literary landscape to their advantage.
They do work for MTV, Burning Man, the Flaming Lips and in Iceland, gaining international respect for their hand-crafted masks, spectacular costumes and alarmingly real-looking appendages.
When Jen Blodgett returned to Pittsburgh, she bought and renovated a three-story building on First Ave., turning it into very cool space for her spa and above, a great space to live.
Pulse Motors, the third and most promising startup for 22 year-old Lebanon County native Micah Toll, could be a regular part of Pitt campus life by the spring.