Education

UMass Memorial Health will absorb another hospital, and nine other predictions.

Next year will see a deepening of the role community colleges play in the higher education industry.

The Paul A. Covec ’64 Innovation and Commercialization Fund will be used for startup companies and to help patent research.

The ownership behind longtime Worcester restaurant Peppercorn's Grille and Tavern now owns the property the business operates...

Despite the setback, the centers have persisted. A major breakthrough came when the federal government restarted background checks needed to enroll students.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has added a bachelor of science in cybersecurity to its degree offerings, nearly five years after the university introduced a cybersecurity master’s degree track in 2021.

Students at five Central Massachusetts colleges and universities now have access to $25 million to support their behavioral health educations as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enters into the second year of its Behavioral Health Workforce Scholarship Program.

As the use of GLP-1s, like Ozempic, has skyrocketed in the U.S., two researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester have received a $2 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study lifestyle change of those taking the popular drug.

A Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member, today she owns Studio 1:1 in Maine, creating maps that highlight Indigenous land: telling stories of travel, collaboration, erased narratives, and stewardship.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has launched a $10,000 micro-grant pilot program aimed at strengthening the college’s participation in the Worcester community.