Education

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has received a $197,183 Kenneth J. Donnelly Workforce Success Grant, which the school will use to help pay for unemployed residents who wish to take part in the administrative medical professional program.

Framingham State University will be taking part in a new, national initiative to increase transfer rates from community colleges to four-year colleges for Black, Hispanic, adult and first-generation learners.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute research effort that's looking into potential tuberculosis treatments has been given a federal grant of nearly $435,000.

Concerned about the potential for another year of declines in college enrollment, especially among groups including students of color and those from low-income families, officials at state schools are exploring ways to encourage high school seniors to complete financial aid applications.

UMass Medical School will begin enrolling adolescents in a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination trial in early February to make the Worcester college one of 15 such testing sites nationwide.

People are on the move at UMass Medical School, North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce and more.

UMass Medical School Chancellor Dr. Michael Collins and UMass system President Marty Meehan have proposed setting up a volunteer corp of nursing and medical students to vaccinate Massachusetts residents against COVID-19, after the initial rollout of the vaccine has been bumpy.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has received its largest-ever estate gift: $23.5 million from a former member of the Worcester school's board of trustees, who along with her late husband — a famed lawyer and sports team owner — were generous contributors to the school.

Clark University in Worcester has secured a $10-million federal grant for workforce training in industries including information technology, advanced manufacturing, and transportation.

Nichols College in Dudley announced on Wednesday three new business concentrations which will launch come the next academic year.