Monica Benevides

Marlborough’s Cytiva, the rebranded GE Healthcare Life Sciences, has been named as a founding member of a forthcoming 40,000 square-foot manufacturing and innovation center at the The Arsenal on the Charles in Watertown.

Advanced materials manufacturer Multiscale Systems, of Worcester, has won a $15,000 innovator award as part of the American-Made Challenge competition, which is run by the Department of Energy, the company announced Wednesday.

Nichols College in Dudley announced on Wednesday three new business concentrations which will launch come the next academic year.

Worcester software firm ten24 Digital Solutions launched a new company on Jan. 1 to drive growth for its headless commerce software, the company announced on Wednesday.

Attorney General Maura Healey has named Ava Callender Concepcion to the Cannabis Control Commission, replacing Commissioner Britte McBride and filling the otherwise vacant public safety seat on the board, Healey’s office announced Tuesday.

The Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is seeking entrepreneurs and startups to participate in its Connect Tech Innovation Challenge, the fourth iteration in a series of competitive pandemic-related accelerator programs.

Community financial institutions have been given priority during the second round of Paycheck Protection Program applications, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced on Monday.

MAPFRE’s Jaime Tamayo has returned as president and CEO of the Webster insurance company’s North American operations, returning to a role he held from 2008 to 2016, the company announced on Monday.

The state’s Department of Corrections will temporarily suspend operations at MCI-Shirley and South Middlesex Correctional Center in Framingham within the next 60 days, impacting nearly 200 inmates between the two campuses.

It is impossible to extricate the history of Hopedale, a town which is home to just shy of 6,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, from the Draper Corp., which most locals refer to as the “Draper mill,” or, simply, “Drapers.”