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WPI researcher receives $2.4M grant for infection detection app
March 1, 2023The National Institutes of Health awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Emmanuel Agu $2.4 million to develop a smartphone app to detect infections in open wounds.
March 1, 2023
WPI researcher receives $606K to study kombucha-related discovery
February 22, 2023Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Jeannine Coburn was granted $606,146 from the National Science Foundation to develop a transparent wound dressing with its roots in a home culinary project.
February 22, 2023
Nichols hires third Bryant University official for top executive role
February 22, 2023Nichols College in Dudley named Peter Tympanick as the school’s new vice president for business and finance and its chief financial officer, effective March 1, becoming the third Bryant University official to join Nichols since 2021.
February 22, 2023
What tech companies like about downtown Worcester
Updated: February 20, 2023Inside of these downtown Worcester century-old structures, and some contemporary ones, businesses from one of the most cutting-edge industries – technology – have been setting up shop
Updated: February 20, 2023
Framingham State receives $1.4M grant to develop mental health pipeline
February 15, 2023Framingham State University and private family foundation Accelerate the Future together received a $1.39-million grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to improve the pipeline of trained behavioral health
February 15, 2023
QCC, Worcester State receive MBI grants to diversify, educate life science workforce
February 15, 2023Two Worcester colleges and a magnet school have received grants from the Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives incubator to fund programs to help increase the diversity in the life sciences workforce and help solve some of the industry’s future
February 15, 2023
Executive director of MetroWest Nonprofit Network steps down
February 14, 2023Anna Cross, the first full-time executive director at the MetroWest Nonprofit Network, is stepping down from the role. Cross has been in the position since 2016.
February 14, 2023
UMass Chan professor, vice provost for research dies unexpectedly
February 13, 2023Dr. Michael Green, vice provost for strategic research initiatives, and professor and chair of molecular, cell and cancer biology at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has died.
February 13, 2023
WBJ seeks reader ideas for 2023 Power 50
February 13, 2023The Worcester Business Journal editorial staff is seeking reader input for this year's Power 50, the publication’s annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts.
February 13, 2023
Three companies to pay up to $325K for illegal Fitchburg State asbestos work
February 13, 2023Three companies contracted for a 2018 project at a Fitchburg State University dorm will pay up to $325,000 combined in civil penalties for failing to properly remove and dispose of asbestos, or asbestos-containing material.
February 13, 2023
Worker shortage at top of HPC healthcare agenda
February 10, 2023Labor challenges across the health care landscape feature as one of the primary areas of attention for the Health Policy Commission this year, and industry leaders and business groups suggested Wednesday that the problem is potent enough to cut
February 10, 2023
In Harvard partnership, WPI professor used AI to predict suicidal behavior
February 8, 2023A Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor of computer science led a team of researchers on a study using artificial intelligence to better predict suicide risk in women.
February 8, 2023-
Framingham State to offer degree in sports management
February 8, 2023Framingham State University will offer a bachelor’s degree in sports management starting in the fall semester.
February 8, 2023 
UMass Chan licenses bioinformatics software platform to new Cambridge tech firm
February 7, 2023UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has licensed its bioinformatics data processing and analysis technology, called Foundry, to Via Scientific Inc., a Cambridge technology company.
February 7, 2023
No Central Mass. public company has a female CEO, although that’s not deterring young professionals
Updated: February 6, 2023The landscape for women’s business leadership at the highest level in Central Mass. has taken a hit, but for women professionals in the region, it is yet another motivator to empower one another in traditional and non-traditional ways.
Updated: February 6, 2023-
Report: Mass. college aid programs falling behind
February 3, 2023The share of Massachusetts students who take out loans to pay for public higher education has exploded in the past two decades while the combined pressure of inflation and a lack of investment have hamstrung the impact of state-funded financial aid
February 3, 2023
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