Diversity & Inclusion

Fitchburg State has planned public forums for each candidate, giving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other stakeholders an opportunity to hear from each potential president.

The Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded 53 grants, totalling in $246,844, to help fund Worcester-based arts and cultural programs through the City’s Worcester Arts Council. 

Brendan Aylward first started volunteering for the Special Olympics as a teenager in high school. After years of volunteering with the organization, Aylward found purpose and passion working in the adaptive fitness industry.

Years after public transit advocates launched a campaign to roll out a widespread low-income fare at the T, the agency's board of directors stamped its approval on a formal plan that will provide an option to riders who earn less than their peers but do not qualify for one of the more narrowly-tailored existing programs.

State public health officials intend to award $10 million in grants for maternal and reproductive health care initiatives, as the Healey administration looks to combat the worsening rate of severe maternal morbidity that's disproportionately impacting people of color.

Stores on Worcester’s Pleasant Street stores may soon offer an elevated shopping experience as the Pleasant Street Transformative Development Initiative Partnership has been awarded $125,000 to sponsor storefront beautification efforts in the neighborhood’s commercial district.

Guidelight Health, a new behavioral health treatment center, will be accepting patients at its very first location on Lincoln Street in Worcester come May 1. 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received $18.6 million in donations in the last two months, the university announced as part of the inauguration ceremony of Grace Wang, who took over as its 17th president in April.

Highlighted by its collaboration with the Worcester Regional Research Bureau on the legacy of redlining in the city, Worcester Business Journal took home eight awards at New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2023 New England Better Newspaper Competition on Saturday.

Acton medical device manufacturer Insulet has hired Ana Maria Chadwick as its new CFO. She will be the highest-ranked female executive at Insulet, which for three years was the only public company in Central Massachusetts with a woman as CEO.