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Dean College president Elmore stepping down
May 3, 2024No reason or exact timeframe for Elmore’s departure was given.
May 3, 2024
Fitchburg State selects first woman president in school’s 130-year history
May 1, 2024Donna Souder Hodge’s hiring is contingent upon approval by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education and a successful contract negotiation.
May 1, 2024
WPI awarded $1.2M federal grant to study low-carbon iron production
April 29, 2024The grant is part of a federal effort to support technologies with the potential to reduce the country’s emissions by 1% annually.
April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Greg Weiner
Updated: April 29, 2024When three leaders of the country’s top universities were castigated for failing to call out antisemitism during a Congressional hearing, Greg Weiner, the nation’s first Jewish president of a Catholic college, felt compelled to comment.
Updated: April 29, 2024
WBJ names the Power 100, the most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2024
Updated: April 29, 2024In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.
Updated: April 29, 2024-
2024 Power 100: Marlina Duncan
Updated: April 29, 2024With Duncan’s influence, UMass Chan added a diversity, equity, and inclusion pillar to the university’s IMPACT 2025 strategic plan in 2022, picking 10 of the university’s departments to front new action plans.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Dr. Michael Collins
Updated: April 29, 2024Under Collins' leadership, the UMass Chan footprint has grown, making space for cutting-edge research, and new partnerships are bringing students to valuable training sites in other parts of the state.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Michael McDermott
Updated: April 29, 2024Michael McDermott has helped the news media in Central Massachusetts get its swagger back.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Paula Fitzpatrick
Updated: April 29, 2024Fitzpatrick plays a vital role in helping WPI create a culture of health and well-being, something the school grappled with in the wake of seven student deaths in less than a year, nearly all of them suspected to be suicides.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Barry Maloney
Updated: April 29, 2024As the higher education industry struggles with falling enrollment, Worcester State University is bucking the trend.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Kola Akindele
Updated: April 29, 2024Akindele’s job is to nurture relationships with WPI funders, whether private foundations, government organizations, or corporate sponsors, to support research and operations, as well as to strengthen community connections.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Vincent Rougeau
Updated: April 29, 2024A strategic plan launched in February 2023 reinforces the school’s commitment to education as well as community. Among other things, Holy Cross will strengthen recruitment efforts of students and employees from Worcester, which helps meet one of
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Debra Maddox
Updated: April 29, 2024Central Massachusetts born and educated, Debra Maddox has a firm hand on the pulse of the people she and her team serve at the Multicultural Wellness Center, founded in 2005.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Grace Wang
Updated: April 29, 2024Even before she came to Worcester Polytechnic Institute in April 2023, Grace Wang saw the school as a pioneer in project-based learning.
Updated: April 29, 2024
2024 Power 100: Joseph Corazzini
Updated: April 29, 2024Joseph Corazzini had big shoes to fill when he stepped into his role in November 2021, and now the university’s long-held positive relationship with the low-income Main South neighborhood hangs in the balance.
Updated: April 29, 2024
Husband and wife to develop AI math tutor with WPI, $4M in funding
April 25, 2024Worcester 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
April 25, 2024
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