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WPI provost will fill in for Leshin as interim president
February 22, 2022The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees has appointed Winston Oluwole “Wole” Soboyejo, the college’s provost and senior vice president, as interim president to serve while the college searches for its 17th president.
February 22, 2022
Students seeking out alternatives to the college investment, leaving institutions in financial precarity
Updated: February 21, 2022Two years of pandemic-related enrollment declines are sure to have considerable impacts on colleges, but educators say the problem could be more long-term.
Updated: February 21, 2022
WPI joins regional biotech coalition
February 18, 2022Worcester Polytechnic Institute has joined BioConnects New England, a regional coalition to support biotechnology hubs throughout New England.
February 18, 2022
Holy Cross dean of faculty to fill interim provost position
February 18, 2022The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has named dean of faculty Ann Marie Leshkowich as its interim provost to fill in for outgoing Provost Margaret Freije.
February 18, 2022
WBJ Economic Forecast: Workers will be the key to a robust economy
February 17, 2022The pandemic has disrupted employment across the Worcester region, but better days are likely at hand, a panel of experts said this morning during the WBJ Economic Forecast Forum webinar.
February 17, 2022
Healthcare executive to become first female Holy Cross board chair
February 16, 2022The board of trustees for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester unanimously elected Dr. Helen Boucher as its new chair, the school announced Wednesday. When she begins her term in July, she will be the first female board chair in the college’s
February 16, 2022
Fitchburg State granted $417K for downtown revitalization
February 16, 2022Fitchburg State University’s downtown revitalization project, ReImagine North of Main, received a $417,270 grant from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration.
February 16, 2022
WPI researcher awarded $1.1M for cell division study
February 15, 2022Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Amity Manning received a $1.1-million grant for a five-year research project on cell division.
February 15, 2022
UMass Chan launches molecular therapeutics institute, $3M research project
February 11, 2022UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced on Thursday it is launching the Translational Institute for Molecular Therapeutics, a center which will focus on gene therapy clinical trials for rare genetic diseases.
February 11, 2022
Clark University graduate students to unionize
February 10, 2022Graduate student workers at Clark University in Worcester formally requested union recognition in a letter to the college administration on Wednesday.
February 10, 2022
Nichols opens student bar with plans to expand to general public
February 9, 2022Dubbed the Bison Den, the facility is located at the Dudley Hill Golf Club and will eventually open to the general public. The bar had a soft opening on Tuesday.
February 9, 2022
The president of the largest Central Mass. physician group spent her career advancing science and diversity in ophthalmology
Updated: February 7, 2022Schaal came to the U.S. to take an ophthalmology fellowship at the University of Louisville, after receiving both her medical and doctoral degrees in Israel and serving as a physician in the Israeli navy.
Updated: February 7, 2022
Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 3
February 7, 2022What is the name of the student housing development now occupying the Osgood Bradley Building?
February 7, 2022
The Boardroom Gap: Women still fight barriers to advancement, as their role in Central Mass. business leadership stagnates
Updated: February 7, 2022In its annual The Boardroom Gap investigation of gender diversity in the region’s business leadership, WBJ found 37% of executives & board members are women, unchanged from 2021.
Updated: February 7, 2022
UMass Chan receives $15M gift for ALS, neuroscience research
February 3, 2022UMass alumni Dan and Diane Casey Riccio have pledged $15 million to UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester to support ALS and neuroscience research, the school announced Thursday.
February 3, 2022
UMass Chan tabs MassBay executive to address statewide nursing shortage
February 2, 2022Bresnahan, who holds a doctorate in advanced nursing practice, most recently served as director of nursing at MassBay Community College in Wellesley.
February 2, 2022
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