Education

Framingham State University has received approval to rename North Hall in honor of Mary Elizabeth (Miles) Bibb, the college’s first African American graduate and a pioneering abolitionist.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been awarded an $8-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Education Innovation and Research Program to expand an online learning tool developed by one of WPI's professors.

A 3D replica of astronaut Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit is coming to Framingham State University's Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning.

The House has given near-unanimous approval of a $723 million supplemental budget that would stash $400 million of last year's surplus in reserves and spend millions more on the MBTA and other priorities.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has made two new lists of the best online programs for electrical engineering and its master of business administration.

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Clark University has announced a new, full four-year scholarship for rural first-generation college students from Maine’s eastern Washington and Hancock counties.

Becker College in Worcester continues its push into all things gaming with a first-ever esports head coach and a new partnership with visual software developer SideFX.

Quinsigamond Community College has received a $250,000 state grant and MassHire Metro South/West $219,000 to help unemployed or underemployed people fill in-demand jobs.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute began work Friday on a new $80-million building next to Gordon Library for new academic, research and student services space.