Education + Research
TRANSFORMATION CITY »
Showcasing a 'New America'
The Pittsburgh region has survived wrenching economic change and emerged with a balanced, innovation-driven economy renowned for health care and life sciences, technology and robotics, higher education and research, financial services, advanced manufacturing and renewable energy.
NEIGHBORHOODS »
A City Full of Diversity
As a city full of diversity, you will love exploring the culture, food, and atmosphere of Pittsburgh’s 89 unique and ethnically distinctive neighborhoods. Pittsburgh’s downtown is full of the city hustle and bustle, and Squirrel Hill has the quaint charm of a main street-like community. Meanwhile, Oakland, with its many universities, supplies a uniquely intellectual atmosphere. Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods and the unique people in them are just waiting for you to come and visit!.
RAND Corporation
Contact: Kelley Denny, +1 412.352.9240The RAND Corporation is the World's Premier Policy Analysis Institution, Trusted for Innovative, Rigorous, and Objective Problem Solving
The RAND Corporation is the world's premier policy analysis institution, trusted for its innovative, rigorous, and objective problem solving. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization is distinguished for its research capability and expertise as well as its access to policymakers and decision-makers. In 2000, The RAND Corporation chose Pittsburgh as the location for its third major U.S. office as the city met all the major criteria RAND sought. RAND's office in Pittsburgh, located in the heart of the Pennsylvania-Ohio-West Virginia tri-state region, serves as a major eastern and Midwestern portal to RAND and its resources.
In 2000, the RAND Corporation chose Pittsburgh as the location for its third major U.S. office. RAND's Pittsburgh office, located in the heart of the Pennsylvania-Ohio-West Virginia tri-state region, serves as a major eastern and Midwestern portal to RAND and its resources. The city met all the major criteria RAND sought, including:
- Access to talent and potential clients;
- Proximity to major research universities with which RAND can partner on projects of mutual interest;
- Good quality of life and moderate cost of living;
- An impressive number of FORTUNE 1000 companies headquartered in the region;
- Proximity to a medical school, because RAND Health's policy work has become one of our fastest-growing and most influential areas of research; and
- A tradition of public-private partnerships aimed at improving the community and the region.
The RAND Corporation is the world's premier policy analysis institution, trusted for its innovative, rigorous, and objective problem solving. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization is distinguished for its research capability and expertise as well as its access to policymakers and decision-makers.
As RAND approaches its 10th year of operations in Pittsburgh, the company has created strong partnerships with other organizations and attracted talented knowledge workers from across the nation, expanding to nearly 200 employees. RAND's continued growth is supported by the welcoming nature of this community - one that invites us to play a role in helping to address the issues and challenges that face both southwestern Pennsylvania and the world.
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QUALITY OF LIFE »
Life in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is home to a cultural phenomenon celebrating our unique history and the people who make this city special. Surprisingly affordable and very livable, it’s no wonder so many people are choosing to make Pittsburgh home.
