Mica Kanner-Mascolo covers health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Worcester Business Journal. Her freelance writing has been featured in publications including FEMINIST, Byrdie, and Spare Change News. Mica is a graduate of The New School where she studied creative writing. An East Coast native, Mica currently resides in Central Massachusetts.
Covers: Health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion
Main South Community Development Corp. has received a $30,000 grant from Boston-based quasi-public finance agency MassDevelopment to support the Worcester nonprofit’s efforts to infuse art into the area between the city’s downtown and Webster Square districts.
Following the appointment of its first chief operating officer in 2022, Community Legal Aid has promoted attorney Kristen Williams to be the second person to ever hold the C-suite position at the Worcester-based nonprofit.
In an effort to address the growing integration of artificial intelligence into basic science research, UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has created its first chief research computing officer position, naming William Barnett to the inaugural role.Â
Clark University in Worcester will launch a new School of Climate, Environment, and Society with the fall semester and has named a former Chatham University dean as its leader.
As Central Massachusetts and the commonwealth as a whole continue to contend with the ongoing housing crisis, Worcester nonprofit RCAP Solutions has received a $10,000 grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation to support a pilot program pairing senior homeowners with graduate students in need of housing.
To further its efforts in advancing spatial biology imaging, Marlborough-based biotech firm  Akoya Biosciences has agreed to be acquired by Quanterix, a Billerica-based research corporation.
The City of Worcester will now receive legal counsel from its first female city solicitor as Alexandra Kalkounis has been named to the cabinet position.