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Education

  • Laurie Leshin: A bold stroke for WPI

    February 3, 2014

    Laurie Leshin apparently knows a lot about what it's like to breathe rarefied air. After all, she's a geochemist and space scientist who spent six years as a senior leader at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

    February 3, 2014
  • $2.5M boosts vet school fund-raising campaign

    January 27, 2014

    A $2.5-million donation from a Connecticut couple has brought the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine halfway to its fund-raising goal to renovate and expand one of its teaching hospitals in Grafton.

    January 27, 2014
  • WPI selects space scientist as next president

    January 21, 2014

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute has tapped a geochemist and space scientist with both academic and governmental expertise as its next president.

    January 21, 2014
  • Assumption names new financial chief

    Rick Saia January 20, 2014

    Assumption College is promoting its director of finance to the role of vice president for administration and finance/treasurer, effective June 1.

    Rick Saia January 20, 2014
  • Nichols receives $1M donation

    January 17, 2014

    Nichols College has received a $1 million donation commitment from its chairman of the board of trustees.

    January 17, 2014
  • New FSU challenge also a homecoming for Cevallos

    Emily Micucci January 13, 2014

    Leaving his post at president of Kutztown University in Kutztown, Penn. for the same job at Framingham State University will bring F. Javier Cevallos into familiar territory. “In a way, it's like going back home,” said Cevallos, who was hired as a

    Emily Micucci January 13, 2014
  • UMass Med gets $100k to develop antibody

    January 9, 2014

    The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has announced it will receive $100,000 over the next two years to develop an antibody for a genetic condition that can cause emphysema and liver disease.

    January 9, 2014
  • Framingham State settles on new president

    Rick Saia January 8, 2014

    A former professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is being recommended as the next president of Framingham State University.

    Rick Saia January 8, 2014
  • Southborough Primate Center Fined For Mistreatment

    December 24, 2013

    Federal regulators fined Harvard Medical School $24,036 last week for repeated animal welfare violations at its New England Primate Research Center in Southborough.

    December 24, 2013
  • CMass Schools Awarded $685K For Life Sciences

    December 19, 2013

    Eight public high schools in Central Massachusetts received a combined $685,000 to purchase life sciences training equipment and supplies, the Patrick administration and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) announced today.

    December 19, 2013
  • Charles Monahan: President, MCPHS University, Worcester

    December 9, 2013

    The presence of MCPHS — formerly the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — is unparalleled in downtown Worcester.

    December 9, 2013
  • UMass Med Licenses Anti-Cancer Technology

    November 26, 2013

    The University of Massachusetts Medical School has licensed technology to treat cancerous tumors to a newly-formed biopharmaceutical company.

    November 26, 2013
  • Groton School Receives $75M MassDevelopment Bond

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013

    MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development agency, has issued a $75-million tax-exempt bond for the renovation of Groton School’s historic Schoolhouse building, built in 1899.

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013
  • FSU Names Finalists For Presidency

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013

    The Board of Trustees of Framingham State University has announced three final candidates for the presidency following the departure of FSU's last president, Timothy J. Flanagan, in May.

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013
  • WPI Launches Data Science Grad Program

    November 22, 2013

    Responding to higher demand for professionals who understand how to analyze and find value in “big data,” Worcester Polytechnic Institute is launching the state's first graduate program in data science, the school announced.

    November 22, 2013
  • Colleges Adjust To Shrinking Enrollments

    Emily Micucci November 11, 2013

    If there's one industry that benefited from the Great Recession, it's higher education. Faced with tougher competition for jobs, more people enrolled in colleges and universities to finish or obtain more advanced degrees to stand out from the crowd.

    Emily Micucci November 11, 2013

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