Becker College

Over the next six or seven years, the number of 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States will decline. For colleges and universities, that means a significant challenge, but not an unexpected one.

As the academic year ends, applications for the Class of 2018 are in. Admissions officials at Central...

BRIAN CURRAN and ROBERT W. DEJADON were named vice presidents at N.B. Kenney Co. Inc., a mechanical...

Think of college students and food, and you might picture a case of ramen noodles or late-night pizza deliveries, not a restaurant featuring shrimp cocktails and veal marsala. But Cyrus Mizrahi, owner of Viva Bene Italian Ristorante on Commercial Street in Worcester said being located next door to the Worcester campus of MCPHS University (formerly called the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) is great for the Italian restaurant.

DR. GENNADY GELMAN was hired by Harrington Physician Services in Webster. He specializes in family medicine and...

Worcester-based Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) at Becker College received a $25,000 grant to expand high school participation in its annual MassDiGI Game Challenge, and to launch a series of workshops focused on game development.

Several Central Massachusetts colleges will be included in a $2-million energy efficiency pilot program, MassDevelopment announced.

The nonprofit innovation center and incubator that was launched earlier this year to aid science and technology entrepreneurs has signed a multi-year lease for an office in the future Hopkinton Innovation Park.

Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, who is resigning from the state's second-highest office next week to lead the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, was awarded a medal this morning by Becker College President Robert E. Johnson, the college said.

Whether offering an affordable space to work, an area for collaboration or seminars for small businesses, there...