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Reliant Foundation awards a record amount of grants to Central and MetroWest nonprofits
December 26, 2019Reliant Foundation, a Worcester charity, has awarded $674,770 in grants to 50 health organizations in its most recent round of community grants.
December 26, 2019
How did WBJ Editorial staff do predicting 10 news events for 2019?
Updated: December 23, 2019We ended up getting half right and half wrong.
Updated: December 23, 2019
What to expect in 2020: Colleges & universities will change with the times
Updated: December 23, 2019Central Massachusetts colleges and universities face a variety of pressures in the coming year, with shifting enrollment trends to new leadership to the need to impress incoming students.
Updated: December 23, 2019
WBJ Editorial staff predicts 10 news events coming in 2020
Updated: December 23, 2019Cannabis, Polar Park, The Reactory, Worcester Regional Airport - Here is what we think will happen in 2020.
Updated: December 23, 2019
After hitting $45M, Nichols expands fundraising goal to $66M
December 18, 2019After two brothers who serve on the college's board of trustees offered millions more if their donation was matched, Nichols is expanding its Securing a Legacy of Leadership campaign.
December 18, 2019
Mass. college enrollment declines 1.3%
December 18, 2019The number of students enrolled this fall at Massachusetts colleges fell 1.3% for the second consecutive annual decline, according to a report Monday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
December 18, 2019
WPI adding neuroscience master's program
December 11, 2019Worcester Polytechnic Institute is adding a master's degree in neuroscience to prepare students in jobs such as neuroscience research, pharmaceuticals and teaching.
December 11, 2019
Holy Cross' $107M performing arts building on track for 2022 opening
December 11, 2019A $107-million performing arts center is starting to rise at the top of Mount St. James at College of the Holy Cross.
December 11, 2019
Visa program used by Central Mass. businesses for specialized workers under fire
Updated: December 9, 2019When Central Massachusetts companies look to fill software, programming or research jobs, they’re increasingly looking to foreign labor under an immigrant work program called H-1B.
Updated: December 9, 2019
Movers & Shakers for Dec. 9, 2019
Updated: December 9, 2019Check out the latest promotions and hires in Central Massachusetts.
Updated: December 9, 2019
Brazilian-Americans have transformed MetroWest communities like Framingham and Marlborough
Updated: December 9, 2019In Framingham, the influx of Brazilians has been particularly crucial to the revival of a former mill town going through hard times.
Updated: December 9, 2019
Seven Hills to revisit influential 2015 report on Worcester immigrants
Updated: December 9, 2019Seven Hills Foundation has plans to revisit its influential 2015 report, which found foreign-born residents accounted for 37% of all business owners in Worcester and spent an estimated $472 million across the local economy that year.
Updated: December 9, 2019
WPI researchers get $746K to develop math game site
December 5, 2019Researchers at WPI received a $746,000 grant to develop a website for children to design and play math games to develop computational thinking skills.
December 5, 2019
Fidelity Bank donates building to Fitchburg State University
November 27, 2019Fidelity Bank is donating its former headquarters in downtown Fitchburg to Fitchburg State University.
November 27, 2019
UMass Memorial ramping up interpretation services for non-English-speaking patients
Updated: November 25, 2019As the population in and around Worcester has diversified in recent years, with more newcomers not so fluent in English, the medical community has taken what was once almost an afterthought – interpreter assistance – and made it an essential service.
Updated: November 25, 2019
WPI, Clark, UMass Medical have fewer international students
November 19, 2019The number of foreign students enrolled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Clark University and UMass Medical School fell slightly last year, as the number of such students nationally flattened, according to a new report.
November 19, 2019
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