Diversity & Inclusion

Clark University is launching a new study program intended to support and attract more international students, and particularly those who would benefit from more English language training before matriculating in the United States, the Worcester school announced on Friday.

Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus has initiated a multi-prong plan taking aim at systemic racism as it manifests in City Hall, Worcester Public Schools, the Worcester Police Department and other public offices, releasing a string of executive orders and recommendations.

In summer of 2020, Price was spending time with those closest to him, watching the Black Lives Matter movement expand in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police and trying to figure out what he should do next.

The College of the Holy Cross has chosen its first ever Black president and first layperson in the Worcester school's 178-year history.

The Worcester Branch NAACP held its annual officers election on Jan. 18, and swore those new members in on Monday, during a remote meeting.

There is a strong business case to be made for hiring people with disabilities but a "general discomfort" among some employers and other significant barriers contribute to the ongoing underemployment of people with disabilities, a group of lawmakers concluded.

Fithian, a 1987 Clark graduate, was chosen for the job at the Worcester school in January, when he spoke of the importance of listening to the community’s needs and facing bold ideas.

After the events of 2020, businesses will be pressured to show results of their efforts.

Entrepreneurship for All, the Lowell nonprofit with a location in Worcester, has received a $277,777 racial justice grant from Facebook, the organization announced on Monday.

The vast majority of federal Paycheck Protection Program loans in the Worcester metropolitan area went to upper and middle income white neighborhoods, according to geocoded data released by Washington nonprofit National Community Reinvestment Coalition.