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Education

  • Seven Hills receives $200K for child care providers training program

    Brad Kane May 12, 2021

    Family Services of Central Massachusetts, which is part of the Worcester nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation, received $200,000 from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to run a children development apprenticeship pr

    Brad Kane May 12, 2021
  • QCC hosting COVID vaccine clinic

    Devan Greevy May 11, 2021

    Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is hosting on Tuesday a COVID-19 vaccine clinic.

    Devan Greevy May 11, 2021
  • 2021 Power 50: Stacey Luster

    Updated: May 10, 2021

    Stacey Luster, the first Black woman ever elected to Worcester City Council, works to support anti-racism and equal opportunity, and she has co-founded two advocacy groups designed to help those efforts: Black Families Together, which focuses on

    Updated: May 10, 2021
  • 2021 Power 50: Rev. Debora Jackson

    Updated: May 10, 2021

    Rev. Debora Jackson has been part of WPI’s administration for nearly a decade, having served on the university board since 2012, but it wasn’t until her appointment to business school dean in January that her influence at the school and in the

    Updated: May 10, 2021
  • 2021 Power 50: Roy M. Nascimento, CCE, IOM

    Updated: May 10, 2021

    Under Roy Nascimento’s leadership since 2015, the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce has truly become the leading economic development organization in North Central Mass., performing surveys of the region’s businesses and assessments of

    Updated: May 10, 2021
  • 2021 Power 50: David Fithian

    Updated: May 10, 2021

    Despite the challenges of 2021, David Fithian has jumped into his new job at Clark University full force and appears to be taking the 134-year-old Main South institution with 3,272 students and a $450-million endowment to the next level.

    Updated: May 10, 2021
  • 2021 Power 50: Laurie Leshin

    Updated: May 10, 2021

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute, led by Laurie Leshin since 2014, tends to nearly always be at the center when people talk about where Worcester colleges shine: drawing more students, spurring startups, and a forward-thinking mentality toward equal

    Updated: May 10, 2021
  • All the people in the history of the Power 50

    Updated: May 10, 2021

    Here’s the list of all 216 professionals who has been named to a Power list & the year(s) they were listed: • Madeleine Ahlquist, Worcester Restaurant Group 2018, 2021 • Robb Ahlquist, Worcester Restaurant Group 2018, 2021

    Updated: May 10, 2021
  • 2021 Power 50: The most influential people in the Central Mass. economy

    Brad Kane Updated: May 10, 2021

    Power dynamics in the Central Massachusetts business community made two major shifts in 2021, due to the two major events upending the entire global community.

    Brad Kane Updated: May 10, 2021
  • Clark names new provost and vice president of academic affairs

    Monica Benevides May 6, 2021

    Clark University in Worcester has named Sebastián Royo as its next provost and vice president of academic affairs, effective July 1, the school announced on Wednesday.

    Monica Benevides May 6, 2021
  • Baker: Pandemic punctuated importance of STEM fields

    State House News Service May 6, 2021

    From the development of vaccines to ubiquitous use of digital platforms, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the wide reach of science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields across public life, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday.

    State House News Service May 6, 2021
  • Clark alumna leaves school $6M to support music education

    Monica Benevides May 5, 2021

    Clark University in Worcester has received a $6-million bequest from alumna Tina Sweeney, who graduated with a master’s degree from the school in 1949, President David Fithian announced on Tuesday.

    Monica Benevides May 5, 2021
  • Anna Maria to require COVID-19 shots this fall

    Grant Welker April 30, 2021

    Anna Maria College in Paxton is the latest to announce it'll require students and employees to be vaccinated in time for the start of the fall semester.

    Grant Welker April 30, 2021
  • Baker touts voke-tech training after budget push falls short

    State House News Service April 30, 2021

    Gov. Charlie Baker wants to more than quadruple annual funding for an initiative to train 20,000 new workers in high-demand trades, but House Democratic leaders this week showed little appetite for the expansion.

    State House News Service April 30, 2021
  • Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins endows classics scholarships at Holy Cross

    Monica Benevides April 29, 2021

    Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins is endowing two classics scholarships at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, the school announced Thursday morning.

    Monica Benevides April 29, 2021
  • WPI officially lands MassDiGI gaming center

    April 27, 2021

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute will take over the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute after Becker College, MassDiGI's host, closes following the end of the spring semester.

    April 27, 2021

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The number of artificial intelligence programs, such large language models and other such technology, are becoming more pervasive and are being catered to specific industries and specific tasks. On Aug. 18, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education responded to the increased use of AI in the classroom by releasing statewide AI guidance for educators.