Monica Benevides

Diversity & Inclusion

WPI drops $70 undergraduate application fee

Prospective undergraduate students interested in attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute will no longer have to pay an application fee, the college announced on Monday.

Diversity & Inclusion

🔒As shown at Clark University, a summer of steps toward racial equity are just part of a larger discussion

More than four months have passed since Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd, prompting renewed attention to the Black Lives Matter racial justice movement and impelling companies and communities of all kinds to release statements of solidarity.

Diversity & Inclusion

🔒Mass. organizations push for salary transparency to narrow racial and gender pay gaps

For every $1 a man earns in Massachusetts, women earn 83 cents, according to data from the National Women’s Law Center. That disparity is even greater for women of color, with Black women in Massachusetts earning 57.7 cents compared to white men, and Latina women earning 50 cents.

Manufacturing Awards: Web Industries is fulfilling the needs of a nation

Marlborough contract manufacturing organization Web Industries Inc. announced in June it would boost its COVID-19 test production equipment output by hiring 125 skilled equipment operators, engineering personnel, bio scientists, quality assurance, purchasing and inventory specialists at its Holliston facility, while also investing millions in lateral flow immunoassay product development and production equipment.

Manufacturing Awards: CommCan works because its run by business people

The Commonwealth Cannabis Co., known by most as simply CommCan, is a family and woman-owned business based in Millis and experiencing tremendous growth in a nascent industry, at a time when multi-state operators have moved into Massachusetts and aimed to dominate the legal marijuana market.

Manufacturing Awards: Mercury Wire sticks to its fundamentals

Mercury Wire in Spencer bills itself as a diverse manufacturing organization.

Manufacturing Awards: After 200 years, Dexter-Russell is looking forward

The Southbridge cutlery manufacturer now known as Dexter-Russell has been in business for more than 200 years, and the company certainly learned a lot along the way.

Arts & Entertainment

Worcester Railers announce January season start date

The Worcester Railers Hockey Club will begin its 2020-21 regular season on Jan. 15, as part of a split-season format announced by the team in conjunction with the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association on Friday.

Government & Politics

SBA launches simpler forgiveness for PPP loans up to $50K

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced on Thursday it has released what it termed a simple loan forgiveness application for Paycheck Protection Program loans up to $50,000.

Government & Politics

UMass Medical School professor named to Mass. Vaccine Advisory Group

A UMass Medical School professor and department chair, Dr. Robert Finberg, was among 17 people named to Massachusetts' new Vaccine Advisory Group, the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced on Wednesday.

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