Education

Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Aaron Sakulich has been named a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research, a Washington, D.C.-based group supporting student-faculty research.

Optimism about labor force participation trends is outweighing worry about long-term growth, a survey of employers found, as confidence in the economy climbed again last month.

The EcoTarium received a $600,000 grant to help it complete a phase of its strategic plan.

Worcester area residents can become airplane mechanics through a new community college partnership in the works since 2012.

At a time when many small schools have closed, been forced to merge or not expected to survive, Atlantic Union is trying to re-establish itself after shutting down classes for four years once it lost its accreditation and ability for students to use federal financial aid.

Rules may be relaxing, but better nutrition in schools may be here to stay.

Brendan Aylward, 24, is making fitness accessible for everyone at his Lancaster gym.

University of Massachusetts students will be hit with at least a "slight" tuition and fee increase in the coming school year, UMass President Marty Meehan said Wednesday, but tuition and fees will not be set until July when officials hope to have a better handle on their budget picture.

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 4.2 percent in May -- up from 3.9 percent in April -- as the state added 2,900 jobs, according to an announcement Thursday from the state Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development.

Massachusetts ranks second in the nation for child well-being, but federal budget cuts and a repeal of the Affordable Care Act could change that, according to new data.