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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
MCPHS ranks 3rd nationally in long-term payoff for graduates
November 18, 2019MCPHS University doesn't have the prestige or name recognition of schools like Stanford, MIT and Harvard University, but a new study gives it bragging rights over those and other schools in an important area: better long-term payoff for graduates.
November 18, 2019
WPI researchers discover weak spots for hackers in Intel, STM chips
November 14, 2019Two Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers and a team they lead have discovered what the school says are serious security vulnerabilities in computer chips affecting laptop, desktop and other users around the world.
November 14, 2019
Assumption receives state approval to become a university
November 7, 2019Assumption College in Worcester has received the final state approval necessary to become a university, with plans for the transition to being Assumption University to take place next August.
November 7, 2019
WPI professor leading $2.5M recycling robots project
November 5, 2019A robotics scientist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will lead a team of researchers in a project to help recycling centers better sort materials.
November 5, 2019
Enrollment pinch squeezing public higher education
November 4, 2019Beacon Hill leaders reiterated a single statistic several times over the course of debate on a bill requiring greater financial transparency from the higher education world: over the past five years, 18 private colleges and universities in
November 4, 2019
WPI researcher developing tool to analyze asylum cases
October 30, 2019A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a National Science Foundation grant to fund the creation of an analytical tool to analyze asylum case needs at the U.S. southern border.
October 30, 2019
Dedham teachers end strike with tentative contract agreement
October 28, 2019The state's first teacher strike in 12 years led to an almost immediate contract agreement after a 15-hour negotiating session this weekend.
October 28, 2019
Central Mass. has received $1.7B in NIH funding since 2010
Updated: October 28, 2019Behind Central Massachusetts biotechnology research taking place to improve brain tumor procedures and genome editing techniques, or better treat addiction or pancreatic cancer, there’s one common element without which the work would be impossible
Updated: October 28, 2019
New England Center for Children now a major international player
Updated: October 28, 2019The New England Center for Children has a presence in 18 countries and is focusing on continued expansion to serve more children with autism.
Updated: October 28, 2019
WPI receives $3M to study human-robot workplace interaction
October 25, 2019Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a five-year, $3-million National Science Foundation to fund training for 120 graduate students to prepare them for robotic assistants in the workplace.
October 25, 2019
Assumption hires new dean of students from N.Y. Jesuit college
October 24, 2019Assumption College in Worcester has hired Deborah Cady Melzer as its next vice president of student affairs and dean of students.
October 24, 2019
Worcester packaging manufacturer offers English language classes
October 22, 2019As part of its workforce development initiatives, Worcester shipping product manufacturer Industrial Packaging offers free English as a Second Language classes to all its permanent and temporary employees.
October 22, 2019
FSU renaming North Hall in honor of first African American graduate
October 22, 2019Framingham State University has received approval to rename North Hall in honor of Mary Elizabeth (Miles) Bibb, the college’s first African American graduate and a pioneering abolitionist.
October 22, 2019
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