Education

Worcester’s Becker College has been ranked the No. 2 undergraduate school in the world for game design by Princeton Review, moving up from last year’s No. 3 position.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has canceled summer programs in China and Taiwan out of concern of risks associated with coronavirus and is requiring students in Bangkok to head home.

Assumption College is temporarily shutting its Rome campus as the coronavirus outbreak has forced cautionary action in Italy.

Anna Maria College has signed a five-year partnership with an art school in Paris, France to allow students of the Paxton school to study in Europe.

MassEcon, the Family Health Center of Worcester, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Reliant Medical Group, the Mass. Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and Central One Federal Credit Union all saw personnel moves.

A group made up largely of alumni has come together to ensure the school will stay open, even as it will no longer receive financial support from its longtime formal tie with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester.

Anna Maria College in Paxton has named Alex Mowatt as vice president for finance and chief financial officer and Michael Miers as its new vice president for administration and chief information officer.

Lancaster inclusive gym owner Brendan Aylward has launched an online business designed to help other gyms better serve athletes with disabilities.

As a light-skinned woman of color, Jule Gomes Noack has seen how discrimination is applied to people with disabilities, similar to what she dealt with growing up.

A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.