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WPI researchers get NSF grants to aid in Ebola fight
January 9, 2015Two teams of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute recently received Rapid Response Research awards from the National Science Foundation to develop technologies to help protect workers caring for patients with Ebola and other infectious
January 9, 2015
Ted Coghlin: 1935-2014
January 5, 2015As we age, many of us wonder what kind of legacy we'll leave, what kind of difference we will have made in the world or in our communities. The hundreds who stood in line at the wake of Edwin B.
January 5, 2015Charting new courses and moving ahead
December 29, 2014The year we're about to leave - for some, maybe forget - saw several noteworthy business-related events in Central Massachusetts, but here's our consensus selections for the top five stories of 2014. As a staff, we unanimously agreed on the top
December 29, 2014
Mandatory course: Cost of – and return on – tuition
December 22, 2014Higher education, an anchor industry for Greater Worcester, is working harder today to maintain enrollments at or near current levels.
December 22, 2014UMass president leaving for University of Maryland
December 18, 2014After three and a half years as president of the University of Massachusetts, Robert Caret has announced he will step down to become the next chancellor of the University of Maryland.
December 18, 2014Agencies win grants to boost manufacturing careers
December 17, 2014The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. (NCMDC) said it received a $10,000 grant to conduct outreach and programs to entice young people into advanced manufacturing careers.
December 17, 2014
WPI wins $1.1M to boost nuclear research
December 16, 2014Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been awarded $1.1 million in federal grants to help revitalize the nuclear power industry, the school announced Monday.
December 16, 2014Fitchburg State names new president
December 11, 2014The Fitchburg State University Board of Trustees have selected Richard S. Lapidus to be the university's 11th president beginning in July, the school announced Thursday afternoon.
December 11, 2014Mass. public colleges to seek 8.8% budget hike
December 3, 2014The state's public universities and community colleges are poised to ask for an additional $48.8 million in next year's state budget, a nearly 9 percent increase that officials describe as necessary to keep public higher education affordable and
December 3, 2014Nichols announces tuition hike, followed by freeze
November 26, 2014Nichols College in Dudley said it will raise tuition by 2.9 percent for the 2015-2016 academic year, but will hold the line the following year, marking the college's second tuition freeze in three years.
November 26, 2014Fitchburg State narrows president search to 3 finalists
November 24, 2014Three educators from outside Massachusetts have emerged as finalists to succeed the retiring Robert Antonucci as president of Fitchburg State University, the school announced.
November 24, 2014New UMass fund drive aims for $1 billion
November 21, 2014Strategists are targeting the holiday giving period and the spring commencement season as part of a new, two-stage effort to raise up to $1 billion in private funds for scholarships and financial aid, faculty research and other priorities at the
November 21, 2014Becker program to give credit for life experience
November 18, 2014Becker College has launched an online undergraduate business degree program that will give credit for work and life experience, the Worcester school announced.
November 18, 2014UMass Medical receives $9.5M grant
November 18, 2014The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $9.5 million grant to investigators at the University of Massachusetts Medical School to establish a research center that would investigate the cause and treatment the most common form of inherited
November 18, 2014Fitchburg St., Pa. college sign accord on medical program
November 17, 2014Fitchburg State University graduates who plan to pursue studies in osteopathic medicine will be able to take advantage of a program with a Pennsylvania school after the two institutions signed an agreement.
November 17, 2014Leshin inaugurated as WPI's first female leader
November 10, 2014Laurie A. Leshin was inaugurated over the weekend as the 16th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the first woman to hold the position in the school's 150-year history.
November 10, 2014
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