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Technology

  • QCC to participate in Amazon’s Career Choice Program

    Coley Lynch December 7, 2022

    Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has been chosen as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, allowing hourly employees for the Seattle-based online retailer to access QCC programs spanning over 120 associate degrees and

    Coley Lynch December 7, 2022
  • GE board approves spinoff of GE Healthcare Technologies

    Kevin Koczwara December 1, 2022

    The medical technology division of General Electric known as GE Healthcare, which has a facility in Marlborough, will be spun off into its own separate company on Jan. 4.

    Kevin Koczwara December 1, 2022
  • WPI researchers develop formula for cleaner jet fuel

    Timothy Doyle December 1, 2022

    Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have created a formula for a new jet fuel to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and increase the range of aircraft.

    Timothy Doyle December 1, 2022
  • Northeastern University to build 340K-sq.-ft. science complex

    Michael P. Norton from State House News Service November 30, 2022

    Northeastern University is using revenue from a $378.5 million tax-exempt bond to build a 340,000 square foot science and engineering complex in Boston's Fenway neighborhood.

    Michael P. Norton from State House News Service November 30, 2022
  • Boston Scientific to acquire Texas surgical device company for $615M

    Timothy Doyle November 29, 2022

    Marlborough medical-device giant Texas-based Apollo Endosurgery Inc.

    Timothy Doyle November 29, 2022
  • Marlborough IT company acquires New Jersey cybersecurity firm

    Timothy Doyle November 29, 2022

    CloudWave, a Marlborough-based healthcare IT company, has acquired Sensato Cybersecurity Solutions of New Jersey and named that company’s founder, John Gomez, as chief security and engineering officer.

    Timothy Doyle November 29, 2022
  • The next president: Grace Wang has spent a career focused on innovation, academics, and impact

    Timothy Doyle Updated: November 28, 2022

    “Grace” Jinliu Wang, who on Nov. 7 was selected by WPI to be its 17th president, believes in and embodies this concept of combining theory and practice to fuel innovation and to apply that innovation to have maximum impact on the world.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: November 28, 2022
  • Movers & Shakers for Nov. 28, 2022

    Updated: November 28, 2022

    Herlihy Insurance Group, Workers Credit Union, Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, and UMass Memorial Health are among the Central Mass. organizations with recent hires and promotions.

    Updated: November 28, 2022
  • Framingham HR software firm hires Salesforce exec as chief customer officer

    Timothy Doyle November 22, 2022

    Workhuman, a human resources software company based in Framingham and Dublin, Ireland, hired Zoe Peterson-Ward as its new chief customer officer, a newly-created position.

    Timothy Doyle November 22, 2022
  • CEO of Milford life sciences company steps down

    Kevin Koczwara November 22, 2022

    Frank Mathias will step down as the CEO of Rentschler Biopharma SE, which has its American base of operations in Milford, and will join Oxford Biomedica plc in England in March.

    Kevin Koczwara November 22, 2022
  • Attorneys general want extension of telehealth visits for opioid-use disorder

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service November 21, 2022

    Attorney General Maura Healey joined a coalition of 45 attorneys general calling on federal officials to permanently permit doctors to prescribe a drug to treat opioid use disorder during telehealth visits.

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service November 21, 2022
  • Sunovion to lay off 30% of its workforce

    Timothy Doyle November 10, 2022

    Sunovion Pharmaceuticals of Marlborough will lay off 360 of its 1,200 employees, effective Jan. 13.

    Timothy Doyle November 10, 2022
  • Worcester building efficiency startup raises $2.3M for expansion

    Timothy Doyle November 9, 2022

    Embue, a Worcester-based startup that works with property owners to make buildings more energy and operationally efficient, raised $2.3 million in seed money.

    Timothy Doyle November 9, 2022
  • Framingham healthcare tech firm names new president

    Timothy Doyle November 7, 2022

    Definitive Healthcare Corp., a publicly-traded company based in Framingham, specializing in market intelligence, named Jon Maack to be the company’s new president.

    Timothy Doyle November 7, 2022
  • WPI selects research administrator as first person of color to permanently serve as president

    Timothy Doyle November 7, 2022

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named “Grace” Jinliu Wang as its 17th president, becoming the first person of color to lead WPI and succeeding Laurie Leshin, who left WPI for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in May.

    Timothy Doyle November 7, 2022
  • WPI cohort to help address diversity, ethical issues with artificial intelligence

    October 31, 2022

    Thirty students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute will participate in nonprofit AI4ALL’s College Pathways program, with no cost to them, which encourages diversity and inclusion in the field of artificial intelligence and explores the impact of

    October 31, 2022

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Should more be done to connect Worcester neighborhoods separated by I-290?
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The Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Board will soon begin a study assessing redesign options for the Vernon Street Bridge over Interstate 290 in an effort to connect the Worcester neighborhoods that sit on either side. The project aims to bolster mobility and access, which target community goals including affordable housing and expanded park space, and multimodal safety improvements to reduce conflicts between vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians. So far, the project has received $125,000 in funding from the planning board in addition to $625,000 in state and federal commitments.