An artist rendering of the exterior of a new digital innovation lab being created by the Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland in collaboration with Penn State New Kensington. The lab project, which has received funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, is expected to open in 2021 and be located along the Corridor of Innovation, a five-block stretch of Fifth Ave. in the city of New Kensington.
The new lab will continue the New Kensington campus' impact on local revitalization efforts, as well as strengthen current and future workforce development to prepare the region for the Digital Age.
Penn State New Kensington contributed more than $28 million to the Pennsylvania economy in fiscal year 2017, and supported, directly and indirectly, 396 Pennsylvania jobs, according to a new study.