Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday became the latest school to put new measures in place limiting campus activities as coronavirus case surge in Worcester and beyond.

Colleges in Worcester are committed to ensuring the health and safety of students and those living off campus, two top city officials are assuring the City Council.

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.