Mica Kanner-Mascolo

mkannermascolo@wbjournal.com

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

Banking & Finance

🔒Opening doors: To provide more educational and career opportunities to underserved populations, Central Mass. colleges are enhancing financial aid

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester increased its full-tuition grants to students whose families make $100,000 a year or less.

Banking & Finance

🔒Continued flexibility: To attract top talent, Central Mass. employers still are in a workers’ market

Four and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic altered the configuration of the U.S. workforce, Central Massachusetts employers are still navigating the reverberations of a landscape that changed overnight.

Economy

Marlborough manufacturer expands its board with CFO from Bedford life sciences firm

Lifeward, a Marlborough-based mobility device manufacturer, has expanded its board of directors, naming Robert Marshall as its newest member.

Banking & Finance

WPI granted $900K from U.S. Department of Education to boost diversity among biology researchers

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a nearly $1-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to finance fellowships for graduate students studying to become researchers and educators in cell and molecular biology.

Banking & Finance

To make childcare more affordable to the workforce, North Central chamber partners with Applewild School

To enhance educational access for the families of North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce members, the Fitchburg-based chamber has partnered with Applewild School, a private day and boarding school for preschool through ninth grade students with campuses in Fitchburg and Devens.

Banking & Finance

Webster First credit union names inaugural chief marketing officer

Webster First Federal Credit Union has promoted long-term employee John Cournoyer to chief marketing officer, an inaugural role for the Worcester-based financial institution.

Banking & Finance

Boston Scientific to acquire California firm treating irregular heartbeats

Expanding its portfolio further into cardiovascular health, Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cortex, a California medical technology company working to advance the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Banking & Finance

Lifeward to close two U.S. facilities, lay off 15 employees

Lifeward will close two of its U.S. facilities in a consolidation effort expected to save the Marlborough-based firm $3 million in operating expenses.

Banking & Finance

Cornerstone Bank’s inaugural chief risk officer to retire

Two and a half years after assuming his role as senior vice president, chief risk officer at Cornerstone Bank, Michael Roy has announced his retirement from the Worcester-based institution come February.

Banking & Finance

Worcester startup raises $45M for ALS and schizophrenia treatment

Leal Therapeutics has secured yet another multi-million financing deal as the Worcester-based biotechnology startup has raised $45 million to advance its therapeutics for individuals with central nervous system disorders.

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