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Cultural organizations tout $15M foundation award
October 26, 2015For local nonprofits, it can be a never-ending marathon to gather the dribs and drabs of money that keep the lights and the paychecks signed, which explains the enthusiasm in the voice of Joseph Cox when he talks of the $2 million his EcoTarium
October 26, 2015
2015 Outstanding Women In Business: Susan Gunnell, Southbridge Savings Bank
October 26, 2015Over the course of 35 years, Susan Gunnell has made Southbridge Savings Bank her home, rising through the ranks from teller in 1980 to the company's second-in-command as executive vice president and chief operating officer today.
October 26, 2015
2015 Outstanding Women In Business: Joyce Murphy, Commonwealth Medicine
October 26, 2015Joyce A. Murphy is executive vice chancellor and the chief executive of Commonwealth Medicine, the healthcare consulting division of UMass Medical School, where she works with state agencies, businesses and nonprofits to increase the effectiveness
October 26, 2015
2015 Outstanding Women In Business: Naureen Meraj, NTT Data
October 26, 2015Naureen Meraj is senior global director in the Shrewsbury office for Japanese information-technology firm NTT Data, starting her career just four years ago after a decade as a homemaker and quickly launching one of the first gamification practices
October 26, 2015
Accolades & Honors
October 26, 2015Dick Fiske Sr. and his Heart to Heart Foundation of North Brookfield was honored by the Children's Smile Coalition at Hanover Theatre in Worcester last month.
October 26, 2015Student loan defaults drop; MWCC leads the way
October 19, 2015Federal data shows that Mount Wachusett Community College is among the state schools showing the largest improvement in cutting down on defaults on student loans.
October 19, 2015WSU professor warns of climate impact on real estate
October 15, 2015A paper published Thursday by a team that includes a Worcester State University faculty member warns that rising sea levels over the next several decades could significantly impact coastal communities.
October 15, 2015Lawmakers pitched from both sides of charter school debate
October 14, 2015Charter schools and public school districts were separately hailed Tuesday as the best method of educating disadvantaged or struggling students as lawmakers listened to testimony calling for either an increase or halt in charter school growth.
October 14, 2015Incorporations for May 16-31, 2015
October 12, 2015These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from July 1-15, 2015. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.
October 12, 2015
College collaboration leads to self-insurance savings
October 12, 2015One year ago, when Worcester Polytechnic Institute dove into the high-risk, high-reward world of self-insurance, it hoped the gamble would pay off enough to keep tuition in check.
October 12, 2015College mental health receives $335,000 in Worcester
October 7, 2015Community Healthlink, a provider of behavioral health and addiction services in Central Massachusetts, has received a three-year, $335,000 grant to support area colleges and universities with detecting and responding to mental illness on campus.
October 7, 2015
Worcester's Technocopia to move downtown; merge with other organizations
September 30, 2015Technocopia, a nonprofit maker space in Worcester, will merge its operations with education center Worcester Think Tank and wood and machine shop IA Design as the organization prepares to move into the Printer's Building in downtown Worcester.
September 30, 2015Show us the money
September 28, 2015Not long ago, the measure of a college education was supposed to be to develop well-rounded individuals. A bachelor's degree would get the new grad several steps above the ground floor in that hunt for the first job.
September 28, 2015
Medical school gets pediatric cancer research grant
September 25, 2015Hyundai Hope on Wheels has awarded the University of Massachusetts Medical School a $250,000 grant to fund childhood cancer research.
September 25, 2015
WPI lab to use NIH grant to study drug design step
September 25, 2015When it comes to making medicines, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher is asking, “Can we do it better?” The National Institutes of Health has awarded the assistant professor and her team a $346,000 grant for a three-year project to find
September 25, 2015Lawmakers hear push for more finance, civics education
September 25, 2015Knowledge of financial practices and the workings of government were described as cornerstones of modern-day literacy on Thursday by supporters of legislation that would bring finance and civics instruction to Massachusetts schools.
September 25, 2015
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