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

UMass Chan renames $350M research building for historic donor

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has officially renamed its New Education and Research Building after the donor foundation’s patriarch.

Economy

WPI selects finance professor as interim business school dean

One month after the dean of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s business school stepped down, the university has named Kwamie Dunbar as interim dean.

Banking & Finance

UMass Memorial Health to merge two of its hospitals

In an effort to enhance access to quality care, UMass Memorial Health in Worcester will merge its Marlborough Hospital with the system’s flagship UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Economy

Preservation Worcester selects new leader in St. John’s director, Holy Cross alum

Following the planned retirement of Preservation Worcester’s long-time executive director, the historic preservation nonprofit has named Patrick Maloney as its incoming leader.

Arts & Entertainment

Basketball coach again tops UMass Chan chancellor as highest-paid state employee

While workers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester once again made up the largest percentage of the state’s highest-paid state employees in 2024, UMass men’s basketball Head Coach Frank Martin once again topped the list.

Banking & Finance

FSU receives $7M from millionaires tax to create affordable housing for students, faculty

New low-cost academic housing will be coming to Framingham State University as the school has received $6.6 million to renovate an underutilized residence hall into apartment.

Banking & Finance

Akoya Biosciences completes $20M acquisition by Billerica biotech firm

After months of negotiations, including those with an anonymous, unsolicited third party, Marlborough-based biotech firm Akoya Biosciences has officially been acquired by Quanterix.

Banking & Finance

Mass. business confidence remained pessimistic in June amid tariffs, Big Beautiful Bill concerns

Business confidence in Massachusetts inched upward in June, yet remained in pessimistic territory for the fourth month in a row.

Banking & Finance

Northborough construction firm fined $744K over wage laws, misclassification of workers

A Northborough-based construction company and its president have been fined $744,224 for allegedly violating a number of employee rights laws impacting 101 workers.

Diversity & Inclusion