Education

Assumption College in Worcester has received the final state approval necessary to become a university, with plans for the transition to being Assumption University to take place next August.

A robotics scientist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will lead a team of researchers in a project to help recycling centers better sort materials.

Beacon Hill leaders reiterated a single statistic several times over the course of debate on a bill requiring greater financial transparency from the higher education world: over the past five years, 18 private colleges and universities in Massachusetts have closed or merged.

A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a National Science Foundation grant to fund the creation of an analytical tool to analyze asylum case needs at the U.S. southern border.

The state's first teacher strike in 12 years led to an almost immediate contract agreement after a 15-hour negotiating session this weekend.

Behind Central Massachusetts biotechnology research taking place to improve brain tumor procedures and genome editing techniques, or...

The New England Center for Children has a presence in 18 countries and is focusing on continued expansion to serve more children with autism.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a five-year, $3-million National Science Foundation to fund training for 120 graduate students to prepare them for robotic assistants in the workplace.

Assumption College in Worcester has hired Deborah Cady Melzer as its next vice president of student affairs and dean of students.

As part of its workforce development initiatives, Worcester shipping product manufacturer Industrial Packaging offers free English as a Second Language classes to all its permanent and temporary employees.