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Central Mass. Colleges Embrace Obama Plan To Curb Costs
October 14, 2013As student loan debt in the United States approaches the $1-trillion mark and has become the largest form of unsecured debt in the nation, federal and state lawmakers are looking for ways to ease the burden on students and turning to performance-
October 14, 2013
MCPHS Dedicates Sonography Lab
October 8, 2013MCPHS University will dedicate its new $5.3 million sonography lab in Worcester today, the school said.
October 8, 2013
Futures League Bringing Baseball Back To Worcester
September 30, 2013A new Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) team will call Worcester home, making it the 10th franchise for the league in New England. The team, which has yet to be named, will fill the baseball void created when the minor-league Worcester
September 30, 2013Ventilation Upgrades Slated For UMass Med Building
September 27, 2013A Newton-based company announced Tuesday that it's been awarded a $1.2 million contract to install an air-quality monitoring system in University of Massachusetts Medical School laboratories.
September 27, 2013
Assumption: Numbers Down For 2013
September 27, 2013Assumption College's surplus fell by $2.1 million in fiscal 2013, while freshman enrollment slipped nearly 10 percent, according to figures released by the college.
September 27, 2013WPI Gets Funding For Assistive Robot Research
September 17, 2013Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute working to develop personal assistant robots for the elderly have received a five-year federal funding award.
September 17, 2013WPI Wins $3M Grant For Robotic Cancer Treatment
August 30, 2013Worcester Polytechnic Institute has won a five-year, $3 million federal grant toward development of a minimally invasive, robotic surgical approach to treating brain tumors, the school announced.
August 30, 2013
MIT Trustees Invest In Westford's FolderWave
August 26, 2013FolderWave, Inc., a Westford IT firm that provides cloud-based services to secondary and higher education clients, has received a financial boost from two Massachusetts Institute of Technology trustees. FolderWave President Bob Burke declined to
August 26, 2013Dance Studio Sold To Former Student
August 21, 2013A longtime local dance studio has been passed down from its founders to one of its former students.
August 21, 2013
Private Schools Keep Watch On Educational Technology
August 19, 2013In this age when information is instant and mobile devices — in some cases more than one — are in every hand, students not only want technology integrated into their school day, they simply expect it.
August 19, 2013
Colleges Group Changes Name In Bid To Expand
August 19, 2013In March, the former Colleges of Worcester Consortium announced a restructuring plan that the organization's leaders said would pare operations, allowing it to focus more closely on the needs of its members.
August 19, 2013
WPI Forges Ahead After Berkey's Departure
August 19, 2013During his nine-year tenure at the helm of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dennis Berkey was lauded for guiding the school through a growth spurt that saw the construction of eight new buildings, a 57-percent increase in student enrollment and th
August 19, 2013Mass. Unemployment Up Again
August 15, 2013The state's unemployment rate hit its highest level in nearly two years in July as the economy gained just 300 jobs, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said.
August 15, 2013Worcester Child Care Nonprofits Get Grants
August 13, 2013Two Worcester-based organizations recently received funding for repairs and renovations from the Children's Investment Fund (CIF).
August 13, 2013Holy Cross Awarded $600K For Arts Initiative
August 13, 2013Worcester's College of the Holy Cross is getting a boost in its efforts to grow its fine and performing arts curriculum and strengthen its ties to the area's cultural institutions through a $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
August 13, 2013WPI Finishes Strong In Solar Homes Contest In China
August 12, 2013An international team of universities, led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), finished in first and fourth place in two juried categories for its solar home design, branded the Solatrium.
August 12, 2013
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