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Worcester Polytechnic Institute is expanding its commitment to generating innovative technology, this time with a three-year, multi-million dollar initiative to develop an artificial intelligence math tutor designed to support middle school students struggling with math and unable to afford private tutoring.
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Healey dismisses transportation secretary's suggestion of NH border tolls
April 24, 2024"I am focused on affordability, I am focused on competitiveness. I'm not putting tolls at the border," Healey said. "I am focused on working with the T and the secretary on ensuring what we are doing so that we improve our transit system."
April 24, 2024
Nichols College picks interim leader as next president
April 23, 2024After previous Nichols College President Glenn Sulmasy resigned amid a sex and academic scandal, the Dudley-based school named William Pieczynski at its ninth president.
April 23, 2024
Mass. unemployment rate in March remained below national rate
April 23, 2024The March unemployment rate remained unchanged from February’s revised estimate, according to a Friday press release from he Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which sited U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
April 23, 2024
Fitchburg school receives $11M from MassDevelopment for dorm building, other upgrades
April 23, 2024Applewild School, a private, co-ed boarding and day school located in Fitchburg and Devens, has received an $11-million tax-exempt bond from MassDevelopment to upgrade its Fitchburg campus.
April 23, 2024
FDA issues most serious recall against Boston Scientific’s blood vessel blocking device
April 23, 2024The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall of Boston Scientific’s Obsidio conformable embolic medical device after an investigation found using the product for lower gastrointestinal bleeding embolization can result in a high risk of bowel ischemia, otherwise known as reduced or restricted blood flow.
April 23, 2024
Clinton cannabis firm closes, faces lawsuit over $61K alleged owed to HVAC company
April 23, 2024A Clinton-based cannabis dispensary permanently closed its doors in April, as the company faces a lawsuit from a vendor regarding alleged missed payments over HVAC work done at its building.
April 23, 2024
Worcester, Framingham projects benefit from $6.9M in state neighborhood stabilization funds
April 22, 2024Overall, this $6.9-million pool of funds will be used to redevelop or rehabilitate 37 homes across the state.
April 22, 2024
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Lifeward appoints mobility equipment CEO to its board of directors
April 19, 2024Swinford is the CEO of Numotion, a Tennessee-based wheelchair and mobility equipment company. Numotion has 150 storefronts in the country, including a location in Worcester.
April 19, 2024
Utz sells former Wachusett Chip factory to producers of Popchips as part of $18.5M deal
April 19, 2024The move will not impact the Wachusett brand, said Kevin Brick, vice president of regulatory and community affairs for Utz.
April 19, 2024
State tax collections up in first half of April, but Dept. of Revenue downplays significance
April 19, 2024Comparisons to April 2023 might not be helpful anyways. Last April, tax revenue came up $1.435 billion short of what was expected and turned what was shaping up as a surplus into a deficit.
April 19, 2024
Hospital for Behavioral Medicine brings on third CEO since 2021
April 19, 2024The Hospital for Behavioral Medicine in Worcester has named Evelyn Alsup as the hospital’s new CEO, marking the hospital’s third CEO in five years.
April 19, 2024
Westborough media firm names Business.com executive as chief revenue officer
April 18, 2024Silverman will lead revenue growth efforts, sales strategies, and customer engagement as the IT world adapts to the rapid adoption of AI-based technology, according to a press release issued by The Channel Co. on Tuesday.
April 18, 2024
Worcester Regional Transit Authority to extend free rides through June 2025
April 18, 2024Worcester area residents can look forward to yet another year of fare-free bus rides as the Worcester Regional Transit Authority board voted to extend the gratuitous service for the fifth consecutive year.
April 18, 2024
Worcester biopharmaceutical firm Mustang Bio to lay off 81% of staff
April 17, 2024Mustang Bio will reduce its workforce by approximately 81% following a vote by the board of directors, according to a regulatory filing.
April 17, 2024
Climbing prices, declining sales of Central Mass. homes largely continue in March
April 17, 2024Prospective home buyers in Central Massachusetts are still largely dealing with record high prices and limited inventory, as the average cost of a home purchase in Middlesex and Worcester counties is up around 10% in the last year.
April 17, 2024
WPI receives slice of $2.8M women’s health grants for bipolar treatment development
April 17, 2024Two Worcester Polytechnic Institute professors are amongst 10 project awardees receiving $2.8 million in grants from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to support their research advancing women’s health outcomes.
April 17, 2024
WBJ hires New School graduate as reporter covering health care, DEI
April 17, 2024Before coming to WBJ, Kanner-Mascolo was an editor and writer for New York City-based intersectional feminist news hub FEMINIST and a contributing writer for New York City-based beauty publication Byrdie.
April 17, 2024
Webster First CEO retiring after 37 years, to be succeed by VP
April 17, 2024Under Lussier’s watch, Webster First grew from $87 million in assets in 1987 to $1.4 billion in assets in 2024. In 1995, he helped the credit union transition from a state charter to a federal charter.
April 17, 2024
Nine cannabis firms in Central Mass. receive $430K from first Social Equity Trust Fund grants
April 16, 2024Just as cannabis businesses are gearing up for the holiday known as 4/20, an unofficial celebration of marijuana where dispensaries see some of their largest crowds of the year, nine companies in Central Massachusetts received $430,000 from the first grants from the Massachusetts Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund.
April 16, 2024
Dean College president inducted into MLK Jr. Collegium of Scholars
April 16, 2024The honor is granted by the College of Ministers & Laity at Morehouse College, a private Georgia HBCU and the largest men’s liberal arts college in the country.
April 16, 2024
Clark fires back as outgoing Holocaust center director admonishes school in WSJ op-ed
April 16, 2024Clark responded to a Wall Street Journal article with a statement to WBJ denying Mary Jane Rein’s claims, including admonishments and emphasized the university’s freedom of expression policy.
April 16, 2024
Urban farming firm with ties to Clark University leases warehouse in Leominster
April 15, 2024Founded in 2013, Freight Farms now has more than 600 farming units in 41 countries around the world, according to the company’s website.
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