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Education

  • Digital Gaming Becomes A Serious Business

    October 15, 2012

    The video game industry in Massachusetts is reaching new levels of growth, with no signs of stopping.

    October 15, 2012
  • Education, Training Keys To Mass. Manufacturing Future

    October 1, 2012

    Notable numbers from the recent manufacturing report out of Northeastern University clearly spell out the significant changes the sector has gone through in Massachusetts over the last four years.

    October 1, 2012
  • Mass. College Of Pharmacy Plans Worcester Expansion

    Emily Micucci September 27, 2012

    The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) plans to expand its Worcester campus over the next six years to accommodate a student body twice as large as it is today, the school announced.

    Emily Micucci September 27, 2012
  • Incubator Grant To Benefit Worcester

    Emily Micucci September 21, 2012

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has tapped Worcester as one of three cities to share a $2.65- million grant aimed at creating incubators for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning in the city.

    Emily Micucci September 21, 2012
  • Worcester State Receives Largest Ever Gift

    Emily Micucci September 21, 2012

    Worcester State University (WSU) announced it had received its largest philanthropic gift ever of $3 million from an alumnus of the class of 1955.

    Emily Micucci September 21, 2012
  • Maynard Nonprofit Names CEO

    September 19, 2012

    The VHS Collaborative of Maynard, an online learning specialist, named Jeffrey A. Elliott its new chief executive officer, the nonprofit announced.

    September 19, 2012
  • WPI Wins Grant To Develop Gas Sensors

    September 19, 2012

    Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have received a $1-million federal grant to develop a sensor they say could significantly reduce and possibly eliminate potential

    September 19, 2012
  • UMass Medical Joins Group To Boost Drug Development

    Rick Saia September 18, 2012

    The University of Massachusetts Medical School has become part of a group that will help the school to develop drug treatments for commercial use, the W

    Rick Saia September 18, 2012
  • Business Tax Breaks: Help Vs. Harm

    Kurt Wise Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 17, 2012

    What role do business tax breaks play in our state's economic development strategy? And how has this role changed over time?

    Kurt Wise Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 17, 2012
  • WBJ Talk Back: E.L. Harvey Fine, Bad Jobs, STEM Education

    September 17, 2012

    ON THE HARSH SIDEOne reader felt the recent fine levied by the state on Westborough trash hauler E.L.

    September 17, 2012
  • Rick Saia September 17, 2012
  • Movers & Shakers: Sept. 17

    September 17, 2012

    The Davis Cos. of Marlborough hired REBECCA ROCKE as director of national accounts. She previously worked at Bartech Enterprise Staffing in Michigan.

    September 17, 2012
  • UMass Plan Calls For More Capital Investment; State Support

    State House News Service September 14, 2012

    After spending more than $2.4 billion on campus improvements over the past decade, the University of Massachusetts plans to invest $3.1 billion more over the next five years on new construction and other upgrades across its five campuses, under a

    State House News Service September 14, 2012
  • UMass Med School Fined By MassDEP

    September 13, 2012

    The University of Massachusetts Medical School has been fined $23,000 by the state for its failure to meet reporting requirements when a refrigerant chemical leaked last September, and the incident promoted the school has worked to prevent similar

    September 13, 2012
  • St. Mark’s School Lands $5M Grant

    August 28, 2012

    St. Mark’s School of Southborough has received a $5 million grant from an anonymous foundation that will pave the way for “substantial” renovations to the campus’s historic Main Building, the private prep school announced.

    August 28, 2012
  • WPI, UMass Medical To Collaborate On Army Project

    Emily Micucci August 24, 2012

    Armed with a $1.9 million research and development grant, a team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) will begin a project aimed at early detection of blood loss for wounded U.S.

    Emily Micucci August 24, 2012

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As housing prices spike, do you raise your employees' compensation to ensure they can afford to live in Central Mass.?
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In June, the median single-family home price in Worcester County rose by 2.6% to $513,000 while the median home price in Middlesex County climbed by 2.2% to a $905,000. These increased prices have not deterred buyers, as the counties saw a 10.8% and a 6.2% increase in transactions over-the-year from last June, respectively. 

Despite the increase in sales, Massachusetts is experiencing an unhealthy house-price-to-income ratio, with the typical home in Massachusetts costing six times the average annual household income, according to The Boston Globe.