With Gov. Roy Cooper's recent announcement on the extension of the Longleaf Commitment community college grant program, more low- and moderate-income North Carolinians can afford to get training for the fast-growing number of great jobs in the life sciences.
Durham Tech and Wake Tech have launched RTP Bio, a workforce development collaboration that will unite the schools’ biotechnology, biomanufacturing and biopharmaceutical talent pipelines with the help of an ongoing funding pledge from major North Carolina newcomer Lilly.
OpenDoors, a nonprofit aimed at promoting workforce diversity among the Triangle’s life sciences companies through paid internships is launching this week.
Global pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced plans today to build its second NC manufacturing facility in as many years, this time investing over $1B in a new factory in the Charlotte suburb of Concord and creating nearly 600 new jobs.
Wake Tech Community College recently launched a campaign, Building Tomorrow’s Talent, seeking industry partners to support the new biotech building on its RTP campus.