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Two new Worcester healthcare buildings totaling $475M aim to improve quality of and access to health care
Updated: June 10, 2024UMass Chan Medical School has unveiled its $350-million New Education and Research Building designed to advance disease research while UMass Memorial Health is in the midst of constructing a $125-million, 72-bed acute care facility.
Updated: June 10, 2024
Clark is rebranding its School of Management, in hopes of attracting students to its mission of mixing business education with societal good
Updated: June 10, 2024On June 1, Clark University renamed its School of Management as the School of Business.
Updated: June 10, 2024
Framingham State taps former Wentworth Institute of Technology VP as next CFO
June 7, 2024Totino has more than 40 years of working in financial management operations at colleges and universities.
June 7, 2024
Fitchburg State to launch creative art therapy and enterprise bachelor’s degrees
June 7, 2024Fitchburg State University will offer two new bachelor’s degree programs aimed at preparing students for the growing demands of the arts and healthcare industries, becoming the first public institution in Massachusetts to offer either of these
June 7, 2024
WPI chooses Syracuse dean to replace provost who left to be SUNY president
June 4, 2024Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named a dean from Syracuse University to be the university’s next provost and senior vice president, replacing Winston Oluwole “Wole” Soboyejo, who was the first person of color to be WPI president when he took
June 4, 2024
Donna Hodge confirmed as Fitchburg State's 12th president
June 4, 2024Donna Hodge, the former vice president of operations and advancement at Colorado State University Pueblo, has been confirmed as the next president of Fitchburg State University.
June 4, 2024
WPI researcher receives $594K NSF grant to study computer security
May 30, 2024Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s efforts to study ways to fight back against malicious attacks against computer chips and other hardware has received a $594,081 boost from the National Science Foundation.
May 30, 2024
QCC receives state funding for DEI certificate program aimed at higher ed workers
May 29, 2024Quinsigamond Community College has been awarded a $51,968 grant from the Gov. Maura Healey Administration to develop a diversity, equity, and inclusion certificate program for local higher education faculty and staff.
May 29, 2024
Wormtown working with university in Maine in bid to boost craft beer industry training
May 29, 2024The first course is centered on financial training for breweries, distilleries and cideries, led by Kary Shumway, a certified public accountant, and CFO of Wormtown Brewery in Worcester.
May 29, 2024
Selling sustainability: How owners of Worcester second-hand shops are navigating in a fast fashion world
Updated: May 27, 2024For Worcester business owners, operating a second-hand shop in the era of fast fashion means strategic buying, knowing the consumer base, and educating the customers is all in a day’s work.
Updated: May 27, 2024
Assumption swaps dining services provider as university prepares for $1M renovation of dining hall
May 24, 2024Assumption has become the second Worcester university to drop Sodexo as a provider in 2024; Clark University announced they would be ending their relationship with the company in April.
May 24, 2024
WPI researcher receives $1.2M to study the use of bacteria for environmental cleanups
May 16, 2024A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is set to embark on a five-year project that seeks to advance the use of bacteria to help clean up contaminated soil, thanks to a $1.23-million grant from the National Science Foundation.
May 16, 2024
Systemic failures: A growing number of Mass. pregnancies are resulting in severe complications, the greatest impact falls on the Black community
Updated: May 13, 2024Rates of severe maternal morbidity in the state nearly doubled from 2011 to 2020, with Black birthing people among the most impacted by negative outcomes of labor and delivery.
Updated: May 13, 2024
MCPHS expands Worcester footprint with $12M buy of three properties
May 9, 2024MCPHS did not respond to a request for comment from WBJ asking for more details regarding its plans for the parcels. All three properties are within walking distance of the college’s Worcester campus.
May 9, 2024
Bravehearts extend Holy Cross lease through 2027, set 2024 ticket prices at $20
Updated: May 8, 2024The Bravehearts begin their 2024 campaign May 24 on the road against the Westfield Starfires, with their first home game slated against the Starfires on May 25.
Updated: May 8, 2024
Governor floats plan to keep college grads in state
May 8, 2024Dubbed the Mass Leads Act, Healey's roughly $3.5 billion proposal invests heavily in workforce development, including a $10 million-per-year pilot program to launch a statewide internship tax credit that would benefit companies recruiting from
May 8, 2024
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