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UMass study: Seniors excluded from many coronavirus studies
October 7, 2020Older adults are at a greater risk of harm from the coronavirus pandemic, but a UMass Medical School-related study says more than half of COVID-19 trials exclude that key age demographic.
October 7, 2020
Assumption gets $1M for rehab counselor training
October 7, 2020Assumption University in Worcester has received a $1-million federal grant to help address a shortage of rehabilitation counselors.
October 7, 2020
Holy Cross alumnus Dr. Anthony Fauci addresses students
October 7, 2020Dr. Anthony Fauci, who graduated from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester in 1962, spoke with a group of students on Wednesday, urging them to keep hope during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
October 7, 2020
WBJ Podcast: Slavery & the Central Mass. economy
October 6, 2020Former WBJ Editorial Intern Devina Bhalla and News Editor Grant Welker discuss Bhalla's two-month deep-dive into slavery's history and legacy into the Central Massachusetts economy in this episode of the WBJ Podcast.
October 6, 2020
FSU awarded $40K for dual enrollment program
October 1, 2020Framingham State University has received a $40,000 grant to expand access to higher education opportunities for low-income, underrepresented and first generation students.
October 1, 2020
WPI receives $4.9M federal grant to support cybersecurity scholarship programs
September 30, 2020Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester has received $4.9 million in grants from the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Defense to support scholarship programs for undergraduate and graduate students who commit to cybersecurity-
September 30, 2020
Report: Health care even more dominant in local economy
September 29, 2020Health care employers in Massachusetts added more workers between 2008 and 2018 than any other industry, nudging the field's share of statewide employment upward to nearly one-fifth, according to a new report.
September 29, 2020
QCC launches subscription-based learning program
September 28, 2020Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has launched a subscription model for an educational program to allow users to have unlimited access to professional development training through the school’s Center for Workforce Development and
September 28, 2020
Movers & Shakers for September 28, 2020
Updated: September 28, 2020People are on the move at Blackstone Valley Education Hub, bankHometown, College of the Holy Cross and more.
Updated: September 28, 2020-
Framingham State University receives civic engagement grant
September 24, 2020Framingham State University’s Whittemore Library has received a $7,500 grant it plans to use to increase civic engagement among students.
September 24, 2020 
Holy Cross president to step down
September 22, 2020The College of the Holy Cross on Tuesday announced its president, Rev. Philip Boroughs, would step down from his role at the end of the academic year, ending his nine-year run leading the Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester.
September 22, 2020
Holy Cross, WPI land in WSJ's top 120 colleges
September 18, 2020College of the Holy Cross and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have landed in the top 120 schools nationally in an annual Wall Street Journal ranking released Friday.
September 18, 2020
UMass Medical School names first health equity head
September 16, 2020UMass Medical School has named a professor of population and quantitative health sciences as its first vice provost for health equity.
September 16, 2020
QCC secures $1M student support grant
September 15, 2020Quinsigamond Community College has received a $1.3-million federal grant to support first-generation or economically disadvantaged students, or those with disabilities.
September 15, 2020
Assumption's liberal arts college to be named for Big Y founders
September 14, 2020Assumption University in Worcester will name its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences after Big Y founders and longtime benevolent alumnus Donald D’Amour and his wife Michele D’Amour, the school announced on Monday.
September 14, 2020
Holy Cross, WPI, Clark drop in annual college rankings
September 14, 2020The U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings, which are closely watched in the industry and among prospective students and their families, were less kind this year to Worcester colleges.
September 14, 2020
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