The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Thursday graduated 20 former chemical workers from the school’s WPI-Industry Collaborative program.
The program was meant to re-train 20 workers from Polaroid Corp. in Waltham for work in the biosciences and biomanufacturing industries.
Polaroid plans to close its Waltham plant.
Polaroid paid for the program with a Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training grant.
The workers received certificates Thursday.
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The curriculum was developed by WPI faculty and industry experts, and was taught by instructors, and potential employers, from Abbott Laboratories, Genzyme Corp., Lonza and Bristol-Meyers Squibb.
