Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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

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.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester has received $4.9 million in grants from the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Defense to support scholarship programs for undergraduate and graduate students who commit to cybersecurity-related government service after graduation.

College of the Holy Cross and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have landed in the top 120 schools nationally in an annual Wall Street Journal ranking released Friday.

The U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings, which are closely watched in the industry and among prospective students and their families, were less kind this year to Worcester colleges.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received an $877,314 grant from a capital funding initiative led by the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, according to a Thursday announcement.

Central Massachusetts colleges have made it into the Princeton Review's annual rankings, including for best education and more niche categories — like where students study the least, get involved in Greek life or smoke the most cannabis.

This year’s 40 Under Forty class is certainly like no other. Although full of the archetypal up-and-coming leaders of Central Massachusetts business organizations, each member of the Class of 2020 has found a way to thrive in the midst of an international crisis.

Chizoma Nosike wouldn’t have known it a year ago, but a federal business loan may be the reason her company, Acclaim Home Health Care in Worcester, is still in operation.

Some freshmen at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will spend the fall living at a hotel just off campus. Clark University and Framingham State University have plans in place to isolate students in their dorms while awaiting coronavirus test results.