Education

Local startups, colleges and the state's video game industry organization have fostered a vibrant game development culture in Worcester and are working toward accelerating it.

At or near the top of the long list of what makes Central Massachusetts an attractive alternative...

Dr. Warren J. Ferguson has been honored by the Worcester District Medical Society as Community Clinician of...

Unum and its employees donated more than 88,000 volunteer hours and $12.7 million to charitable organizations in 2015.

An agreement has been reached to put limits on first-time opioid prescriptions and use additional screening of students and emergency room patients for signs of addiction.

Big data means big money for projects and companies in Massachusetts, with over $2.4 billion invested in companies in the last two years as well as $115 million from the federal government.

The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education on Tuesday froze tuition at state universities and community colleges.

Worcester recently joined a national study seeking to measure the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been named to a list of the Top 50 Best Value Big Data Graduate Programs of 2016, highlighting the value that the school's programs represent as one of four in Massachusetts to make the list.

The rate of spending on research and development in Massachusetts outpaced that of its peer states with vibrant technology sectors as the innovation economy grew by more than $25 billion from 2009 to 2014.