Isabel Tehan

An estimated 3,000 jobs were gained across the state in February, as compared to January’s revised gain of 8,900 jobs, according to a Friday press release from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Management.

Jamaican film producer and theater manager Fabian Barracks will take over as the cultural development officer in Worcester on Monday.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. loaned $100,000 to DivineTouch Home Health Care in Worcester to support the agency in becoming a certified homecare agency by the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Facility Licensure and Certification.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals has selected Hopkinton-based Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects to design its 40,000-square-foot facility.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has entered into a research partnership with Honeywell Aerospace to examine methods involving hydrogen fuel cells to reduce the carbon footprint of the aviation industry.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has received official approval from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education to establish its new regional campus in Burlington in partnership with Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.

Two Central Massachusetts nonprofits and their partner hospitals will receive 20% of the $3 million in grants awarded by the Gov. Maura Healey Administration to aging services access points across Massachusetts.

In a partnership with the Worcester nonprofit Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging, the Quinsigamond Community College dental clinic piloted offering free dental services to seniors after offering care at a low cost for two decades.

The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center’s new 605 Lincoln Street facility is slated to open to patients the first week of April, aiming to expand health equity in Worcester.

Marlborough firm Akoya Biosciences named Johnny Ek to replace Joe Driscoll as the firm’s CFO, becoming the second new member of the company’s C-suite this year, after Jennifer Kamocsay was picked as general counsel.