Education

Gov. Charlie Baker on Sunday announced all restaurants in Massachusetts to serve delivery and take-out only, all Massachusetts public schools must soon close for three weeks, most events with 25 or more people are now banned.

Worcester's Assumption College and Clark University are the latest colleges to delay classes or move them online...

UMass Medical School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, College of the Holy Cross and Fitchburg State University have suspended in-person courses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus outbreak is forcing more companies to re-examine their operations, including those in Central Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and The Princeton Review have recognized Assumption College and Clark University, respectively.

Would-be participants must live or work in Greater Worcester and commit to advancing the region through collaboration and civic engagement.

In February, Jennifer Roy, founder of Worcester marketing firm Jen Roy PR, was in the first class to complete the Clark University graduate certificate program for cannabis regulatory affairs.

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.