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Diversity & Inclusion
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40 Under Forty 2022: Domenica Perrone
Updated: August 22, 2022Personally and professionally, Perrone’s work for Worcester’s Latinx community is immeasurable.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Carla Delacruz Davila
Updated: August 22, 2022Medical school is one of the most demanding endeavors in education. UMass Chan employs people to help students overcome the mental and emotional challenges of its program and stay on track to graduate.
Updated: August 22, 2022
Qualifying Mass. restaurants will soon be able to accept government SNAP benefits for prepared meals
Updated: August 22, 2022Amidst economic uncertainty, Massachusetts will soon become the eighth state to operate the Restaurant Meals Program, a pilot program allowing select restaurants and food trucks to accept SNAP benefits.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Boa Newgate
Updated: August 22, 2022Throughout his 14 years at SEACMA, Newgate has been a beacon for Central Mass. youth.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Katherine Aguilar
Updated: August 22, 2022At 25, Aguilar started her own company: the first plastic-free gift shop in Worcester.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Katia Norford
Updated: August 22, 2022Besides being a successful business owner, Norford has become a key leader in the Main South business community, playing an important role in the Worcester neighborhood’s significant development over the past five years.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Natalia Oliver
Updated: August 22, 2022Oliver arrived in the U.S. at the age of 21, bringing only a suitcase from her native Uruguay. Now, at 39, she holds one of the top jobs in Fitchburg, a city of 42,000.
Updated: August 22, 2022
WBJ announces the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2022
Updated: August 22, 2022Central Massachusetts is brimming with young talent, as scores of people have achieved much in a relatively short period of time, while scores more have the potential to do great things.
Updated: August 22, 2022
Assumption names former Providence College director to lead Cross-Cultural Center
August 18, 2022Worcester’s Assumption University has named Brenda Hunt as its first director of ALANA (African-, Latino/Hispanic-, Asian, and Native American) and first-generation student success where she will oversee the university’s Cross-Cultural Center and
August 18, 2022
WPI rebrands Office of Multicultural Affairs to reflect diversity mission
August 17, 2022The Office of Multicultural Affairs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has renamed itself the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education, to more accurately portray its role going forward.
August 17, 2022
Sweeping Mass. cannabis reform signed into law
August 12, 2022Nearly six years after voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana and almost four years since legal sales began, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law the first major step of its kind by state government to bolster the nascent industry and tear
August 12, 2022
Holy Cross becomes latest Worcester college to partially cut application fee
August 11, 2022On Aug. 1, Holy Cross eliminated the $60 application fee for students from Worcester Public Schools, the college announced Wednesday.
August 11, 2022
Framingham State to receive $1.7M for bilingual teaching residents program
August 5, 2022Framingham State University announced on Thursday that it will receive $1.7 million over three years to fund a residency program in the city’s public schools from the Boston-based Massachusetts Service Alliance, a nonprofit state affiliate of the
August 5, 2022
Chase aims for four Worcester-area locations by 2025
August 5, 2022With their first Worcester branch set to open next month at 81 Gold Star Blvd., Chase Bank, the consumer banking division of New York City based JPMorgan Chase, told WBJ that it plans to open three additional branches in the Worcester area.
August 5, 2022
RFK Community Alliance hires first chief diversity and culture officer
August 3, 2022Lancaster human-services nonprofit RFK Community Alliance, has hired Jessica Pepple to be the organization's first chief diversity and culture officer.
August 3, 2022
Fallon Health names DEI, real estate leaders to board
August 2, 2022Worcester insurer Fallon Health has named an executive from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as a real estate and finance leader, to its board of directors.
August 2, 2022
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