Clark University

As part of the then-new Federal Housing Administration’s effort to give out more home loans, a 1936 assessment of the neighborhoods in Worcester was commissioned by the Home Owners' Loan Corp.

In 1936, seven white men judged which neighborhoods of Worcester were not viable for real estate financing. Today, as rising costs overburden half of renters in the city, those impacted the most are from those neighborhoods still suffering from lack of investment.

Clark University has Joe Manok to fulfill the responsibility of a chief development officer, starting on Jan. 23. His official title will be vice president for university advancement.

These types of facilities are expected to become significantly more prevalent as energy costs remain unpredictable and large organizations seek the stability of generating heat and electricity onsite.

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Workers Union voted 364 to 15 in favor of unionizing under the United Auto Workers umbrella.

Graduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are holding a vote Wednesday and Thursday on whether to officially form their own union.

Clark University in Worcester has reached a tentative agreement with the Clark University Graduate Workers United union to end the strike started on Monday, the university announced via email on Friday.

Clark University and the union representing its graduate student workers traded barbs Wednesday over the behavior and nature of the worker strike, following a negotiating session where the main sticking point remains compensation.

Union workers at the construction site of Clark University’s Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design in Worcester on Tuesday walked off in solidarity with the Clark graduate workers union, which went on strike Monday.

Clark University Graduate Workers United in Worcester, supported by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 170 of Worcester, announced on Twitter it is on strike as of 10:30 AM on Monday.