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Nichols to offer financial literacy for farmers through partnership with Indigenous nonprofit

Nichols College in Dudley has entered a partnership with Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, an Indigenous-led nonprofit, to offer a farming financial literacy course for farmers across New England. 

WPI professor to lead development of oxygen level detector for infants of color

The National Institutes of Health have awarded $1.1 million to a Worcester Polytechnic Institute-led research project aimed at reducing racial bias in care for premature infants. 

🔒Diversity in recruitment: What companies need to do to achieve DEI hiring goals

Companies must expand their networks & standardize processes to meet diversity, equity, and inclusion targets.

City of Worcester names first Black director of veterans services

The City of Worcester has named Joe Robinson as director of veterans services, an office in the City’s Department of Health & Human Services. Robinson is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and will be the first Black man to hold the position in Worcester.
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MBI grants $240K to seven organization for diversity and workforce development

Worcester life sciences incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has awarded seven grants to local individuals and companies as part of its 2023 Challenge Grants program.

🔒Charts: Industry GDP in Central Massachusetts and statewide

A breakdown of the Massachusetts and Greater Worcester real GDP by industry.

🔒Two local B Corps say compassionate business leads to better outcomes for everybody

Two local companies tell how compassionate business helps steer the ship.

Report: Mass. cannabis business ownership is less diverse than national average

A report conducted by cannabis industry trade publication Marijuana Business Daily has shown that Massachusetts marijuana business ownership has less racial and gender diversity than the national industry average.
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State issues guidance to address equity on college campuses

Two of the state's top elected officials are encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups in light of the Supreme Court's June ruling that restricted the use of race by college administrators in admissions decisions.

Nativity School to raise $20M to open girl’s division

Nativity School of Worcester, an all-boys tuition-free Jesuit school, has launched a $20-million campaign to open a girl’s division.
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