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    Latest effort to resolve Saint Vincent nurses' strike unfruitful

    Monica Benevides May 6, 2021

    Neither Saint Vincent Hospital or its striking nurses reported wins during Wednesday’s bargaining discussion, both sides reported Thursday.

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    Clark names new provost and vice president of academic affairs

    Monica Benevides May 6, 2021

    Clark University in Worcester has named Sebastián Royo as its next provost and vice president of academic affairs, effective July 1, the school announced on Wednesday.

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    Fed guidance appears holdup on UI rate relief quest

    State House News Service May 6, 2021

    A little over a month after Gov. Charlie Baker signed a law shoring up the unemployment system and reducing the premium increases facing employers to fund jobless benefits, lawmakers and administration officials are once again looking for a way to…

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    April adds to revenue glut, creating more budget options

    State House News Service May 6, 2021

    Despite the tax filing deadline being moved from April to May, the Department of Revenue collected $3.865 billion in taxes from people and businesses last month -- $385 million more than the Baker administration had estimated for the month even…

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    Baker: Pandemic punctuated importance of STEM fields

    State House News Service May 6, 2021

    From the development of vaccines to ubiquitous use of digital platforms, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the wide reach of science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields across public life, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday.

  • WPI professor researching natural COVID-19 therapy

    Sam Bonacci May 5, 2021

    A team of researchers including Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biology Professor Pamela Weathers has found that extracts from a medicinal herb known as sweet wormwood can inhibit the COVID-19 virus and two of its recent variants.

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    Final doses outnumber vaccine starts

    State House News Service May 5, 2021

    Providers on Monday reported administering 56,515 doses of the three approved COVID-19 vaccines in Massachusetts -- more than 60 percent of them final doses, the Department of Public Health said Tuesday.

  • Spilka: Everything on table in intergenerational care exploration

    State House News Service May 5, 2021

    Last month, Senate President Karen Spilka pitched what she described as a "moonshot" -- a long-term effort to reimagine care systems in the state to better to support the people, particularly women, caring for loved ones of all ages and help them…

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    Egg prices, supply may ride on voter law changes

    State House News Service May 5, 2021

    A collection of animal rights organizations and commercial egg farmers, once opponents, are joining forces to urge prompt reform of the state's cage-free standards law before it takes effect in January while warning of price spikes on the horizon.

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    Worcester Independence Day fireworks canceled, WooSox step in

    Monica Benevides May 5, 2021

    The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with presenting sponsor Fallon Health, the City of Worcester and Discover Central Massachusetts, announced on Wednesday they will once again cancel Independence Day fireworks because of the…

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Has your company created pathways for women, people of color and other minorities to advance to more senior positions?
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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.

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