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UMass Medical School climbs to record 21st in national funding rankings
February 24, 2021UMass Medical School has reached its highest ever ranking of a closely watched industry tally of federal research funding for medical schools after the amount it took in nearly doubled in one year.
February 24, 2021
Movers & Shakers for February 22, 2021
Updated: February 22, 2021People are on the move at Clark University, Country Banke, AAFCPAs and more.
Updated: February 22, 2021
Nichols adds entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, criminal psychology programs
February 19, 2021Nichols College will have three new degree programs for the fall semester in entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, criminal psychology.
February 19, 2021
Early college catching on, but not immune from pandemic impacts
February 19, 2021Enrollment in early college programs in Massachusetts has continually increased over the past three years, even while the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown many teenagers' post-high school planning into flux.
February 19, 2021
Report outlines options to address unemployment trust
February 18, 2021A new report from a Tufts University think tank suggests that now "may not be an optimal moment" to raise unemployment tax rates, but says that a repeated pattern of rate freezes is a "recipe for long-term insolvency and future debt."
February 18, 2021
Assumption students training to conduct contact tracing
February 17, 2021A group of 20 Assumption University biology students is spending the spring semester training to become contact tracers to help track the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
February 17, 2021
Holy Cross names first Black, lay president
February 10, 2021The College of the Holy Cross has chosen its first ever Black president and first layperson in the Worcester school's 178-year history.
February 10, 2021
Fitchburg State freezing tuition and fees for upcoming year
February 9, 2021Fitchburg State University will freeze undergraduate tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year, the school announced Tuesday.
February 9, 2021
Anna Maria, WCCA TV to offer TV production course
February 8, 2021Anna Maria College in Paxton is partnering with public access station WCCA TV to run a television production course in downtown Worcester, the pair announced on Friday.
February 8, 2021
The shecession: COVID's impact on the female workforce could cost trillions in GDP
Updated: February 8, 2021For decades, women have been moving closer to equality with men in the workplace, particularly in workforce participation and pay. A once-in-a-century pandemic has undone much of that progress.
Updated: February 8, 2021
Q&A: The dean of WPI's Foisie Business School talks forward-thinking culture
Updated: February 8, 2021On Jan. 1, Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumna Debora Jackson took over as dean of its Foisie Business School. A member of WPI’s board of trustees and experienced in STEM and business professions, Jackson brought a new level of diversity to the
Updated: February 8, 2021
QCC receives $197K workforce success grant
February 2, 2021Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has received a $197,183 Kenneth J. Donnelly Workforce Success Grant, which the school will use to help pay for unemployed residents who wish to take part in the administrative medical professional program.
February 2, 2021-
Framingham State receives $28K to transfer in more Black & Hispanic students
January 28, 2021Framingham State University will be taking part in a new, national initiative to increase transfer rates from community colleges to four-year colleges for Black, Hispanic, adult and first-generation learners.
January 28, 2021 
WPI granted $435K to study African wormwood as tuberculosis treatment
January 27, 2021A Worcester Polytechnic Institute research effort that's looking into potential tuberculosis treatments has been given a federal grant of nearly $435,000.
January 27, 2021-
Data points to second year of college enrollment decline
January 27, 2021Concerned about the potential for another year of declines in college enrollment, especially among groups including students of color and those from low-income families, officials at state schools are exploring ways to encourage high school seniors
January 27, 2021 
UMass Medical School to enroll for Moderna youth vaccine trial
January 25, 2021UMass Medical School will begin enrolling adolescents in a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination trial in early February to make the Worcester college one of 15 such testing sites nationwide.
January 25, 2021
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