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Holy Cross to seek approval for two 20K-sq.-ft. dormitories
March 4, 2022The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will construct two three-story townhouse-style dormitory buildings along City View Street, according to applications to the Worcester Planning Board and Conservation Commission.
March 4, 2022
Holy Cross receives $11M gift for student financial aid
March 3, 2022The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has received an $11-million alumni gift, which will go toward scholarships and an emergency fund to support students in financial distress, the college announced Thursday morning.
March 3, 2022
Air Force grants young WPI researcher $441K for network resiliency
March 3, 2022A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a grant of $441,228 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to develop a method of minimizing computer network interruptions.
March 3, 2022
Amid student deaths, WPI names inaugural director of new wellness center
March 2, 2022Worcester Polytechnic Institute named Paula Fitzpatrick, an Assumption University dean, as its first-ever director of the new Center for Well-Being.
March 2, 2022
UMass Chan brain research center granted $6M
February 23, 2022David Kennedy, a PhD and neuroinformatics expert at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, received a five-year, $6-million grant renewal to fund a center for brain imaging research.
February 23, 2022
Clark’s details plans for new media arts building
February 22, 2022Clark University submitted detailed plans to the City of Worcester for the college's four-story media arts, computing, and design academic building to be located on Woodland Street.
February 22, 2022
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
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