Isabel Tehan

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has awarded $2.1 million to local nonprofits as part of its community grants program. A total of 148 nonprofits serving the Greater Worcester community will share the funding, a majority of which is non restricted dollars.

Worcester life sciences incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has awarded seven grants to local individuals and companies as part of its 2023 Challenge Grants program.

Key players in the Central Mass. life science ecosystem are taking on a new initiative to help launch Worcester to the forefront of bioindustrial manufacturing.

Two local companies tell how compassionate business helps steer the ship.

A UMass Chan Medical School research initiative has received $600,000 in funding from National Institute of Justice to investigate the prison classification system through an equity lens.

UMass Memorial Medical Group and UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have initiated a lawsuit against St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center of Boston, part of Steward Health Care System, for nonpayment of services.

The five-school University of Massachusetts system generated $8.3 billion for the Massachusetts economy in 2022, according to a Thursday report from the university.

Mustang Bio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Worcester, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enter into clinical trials for a drug to treat glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.

Boston Scientific, a Marlborough-based biomedical life sciences firm, is using electronic health records from 80 million U.S. patients to inform a new study into pulmonary embolism.

The unemployment rate across Central Massachusetts remained low through September, continuing a downward trend carried over from the summer months.