Education

Quinsigamond Community College’s Future Focus program has received a $450,000 Adult Education Transition to Community College Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the school announced on Monday.

In an effort to help support the local business community, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will offer 20 free online business classes for business owners and their workforces, the school announced on Thursday. 

Three coronavirus-related research projects at UMass Medical School have received funding as part of a statewide initiative, the Worcester school announced Wednesday.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers will use a $199,999 National Science Foundation grant to study how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting stress levels among college students, as well as their ability to learn remotely, the school announced on Wednesday. 

More than 20% of the Massachusetts workforce has applied for unemployment since the coronavirus crisis began in mid-March, particularly those employees in the hospitality, retail and healthcare sectors.

Worcester video game developer Petricore Inc. marked its five-year anniversary on Tuesday, celebrating, among other milestones, earning nearly $2 million in revenue and making products for "The Ellen Degeneres Show," the company announced in a press release.

Francesco Cesareo, already the president of Assumption College for nearly 13 years, has had his contract extended for five additional years, the Worcester school said Monday.

Framingham State University's Adventures in Lifelong Learning program is going online to provide those 60 and older a continued social outlet and learning opportunities during the coronavirus pandemic.

UMass Medical School in Worcester is expected to furlough as many as 100 employees for possibly up to six months, leadership announced in a memo on Wednesday.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will begin offering a new master's degree program in business analytics beginning in August to better prepare students for careers handling large volumes of data.