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Higher education

  • UMass Chan ranked 13 for primary care education in US News & World Report

    Timothy Doyle May 11, 2023

    The T.H.Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester ranks 13th in the nation and first in New England for primary care education in the U.S. News and World Report.

    Timothy Doyle May 11, 2023
  • Anna Maria granted $1M to improve healthcare training programs

    Isabel Tehan May 4, 2023

    Anna Maria College in Paxton will receive $1 million in federal funding for its nursing programs and to upgrade its clinical simulation lab.

    Isabel Tehan May 4, 2023
  • Natick-based online mental health provider raises $30M

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023

    Uwill, an online mental health and wellness solution founded in 2020 to supplement campus counseling centers facing high student demand for support, has completed a $30-million Series A funding round.

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023
  • MWCC granted $350K to train EV maintenance technicians

    Timothy Doyle May 2, 2023

    The National Science Foundation awarded Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner a $350,000 grant to train electric vehicle technicians.

    Timothy Doyle May 2, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Dr. Lynda Young

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    In early 2023, Young was named chair of the board of trustees at UMass Memorial Health, making her the first female chair of the largest employer in Central Massachusetts.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Debora Jackson

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    WPI may be best known for its engineering power, but Debora Jackson is putting the business school on the map in the region.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Parth Chakrabarti

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Parth Chakrabarti is responsible for growing the size, financials, and reach of the UMass Chan research enterprise.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Shannon George

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Shannon can be found George pounding the pavement with students, hospital workers, and other union members, navigating the noise to get the union's message out.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Vincent Strully, Jr.

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Vincent Strully established the first NECC program in 1975, and since then has built from there to include a day school, a residential program, a classroom model for use within public schools, a consulting practice, a research center, onsite

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Mike O’Kronley

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Under Mike O’Kronley’s leadership, Ascend closed $300 million in a funding round in 2022, and the company received more than $480 million grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, where O’Kronley participated in a press conference with President

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • Framingham State names University of Hartford provost as arts & humanities dean

    Timothy Doyle April 27, 2023

    Framingham State University named T. Stores as its new dean of the College of Arts & Humanities, replacing Marc Cote, the founding dean of that college.

    Timothy Doyle April 27, 2023
  • Cummings vet school ranked 18th best in nation by U.S. News

    Timothy Doyle April 26, 2023

    Tufts University, which operates the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Grafton, has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as having the 18th best veterinary science graduate program in the country.

    Timothy Doyle April 26, 2023
  • Framingham State names Dean College VP as new enrollment dean

    Timothy Doyle April 25, 2023

    Framingham State University named Iris Godes as its new dean of strategic enrollment management, with her starting the role on May 22.

    Timothy Doyle April 25, 2023
  • WPI partners with Nigerian university on business analytics education

    Timothy Doyle April 24, 2023

    Beginning in the fall semester, Worcester Polytechnic Institute will partner with the Nigerian University of Technology and Management to offer its master’s degree in business analytics alongside NUTM’s professional certification in design thinking

    Timothy Doyle April 24, 2023
  • NEH awards Fitchburg State $500K for downtown theater project

    Timothy Doyle April 19, 2023

    Fitchburg State University received $500,000 from a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant to support the construction of a 250-seat black box theater adjacent to a historic theater in downtown Fitchburg.

    Timothy Doyle April 19, 2023
  • Framingham State hires new dean of graduate and continuing education

    Timothy Doyle April 17, 2023

    Framingham State University hired Marilyn Cleary as its new dean of graduate and continuing education. Cleary will begin in her new role June 19th.

    Timothy Doyle April 17, 2023

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Three Massachusetts associations have come together to try to pass a bill to make intentional assault and battery against a healthcare worker a felony, as the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association reports a hospital care worker in the state is assaulted every 36 minutes.