Education

Worceser Polytechnic Institute will reach a construction milestone Thursday with its new $45-million Foisie Innovation Studio and Residence Hall.

Ten professionals got hired or promoted at places including Fallon Health, JM Coull and Fidelity Bank.

When we tackle a job and a career, we are often asked to sacrifice what we're most passionate about personally in order to punch the proverbial clock.

Desiree Awiszio, a self-employed Worcester engineering consultant, won the K-12 STEM Literacy Education-Engineer Partnership Award in 2016 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for her work with students and teachers in the science, technology, engineering and math curriculum.

Worcester's Clark University made The Princeton Review's new list of colleges offering students the most return on their tuition investment.

Employed in places like Becker College's digital institute, the video game industry has more than 4,500 workers in Massachusetts making an average of $102,600 annually, according to new data released Tuesday by the Entertainment Software Association.

Anna Maria College in Paxton announced Wednesday it has started a new partnership with an Illinois community college to offer a degree in fire science.

Sean Rose of Worcester has been named the executive director of the child trauma care service provider JRI's Connecticut division.

Immigrants have an outsized role in the Massachusetts economy, with the state's universities and colleges a major reason why, according to a new survey.

The Legislature may restore some, but not all, of the $98 million in spending Gov. Charlie Baker cut from the budget in December, but House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Wednesday he wants at least one more month's revenue report before taking any action.