Education

A mechanical engineering professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has secured a three-year, $424,000 grant to reengineer a manufacturing process for parts designed to make motor vehicles lighter and more energy efficient, the school announced.

With the retirement of Robert V. Antonucci looming, Fitchburg State University (FSU) has formally launched a nationwide search for his successor, the school announced.

Over the next six or seven years, the number of 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States will decline. For colleges and universities, that means a significant challenge, but not an unexpected one.

Colleges may want to emphasize internship programs for their technology students to help them gain real-world experience if they want to make the grade with tech employers, a Robert Half Technology survey suggests

Fitchburg State University students looking to get a jump on their legal career may have hope thanks to an agreement announced Thursday between the school and University of Massachusetts School of Law.

Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) is coming to downtown Worcester, but not as quickly as officials once expected.

Media and internet company IAC said it will acquire The Princeton Review, the Natick-based test preparation and college admission services company owned by Charlesbank Capital Partners.

Where does Northern Ireland turn when it looks to develop the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals? Worcester.

A school designed to train and certify professionals in the nascent medical marijuana industry is opening in Natick, and will serve dispensaries throughout the Northeast. According to School Administrator Cara Crabb-Burnham, the Northeastern Institute of Cannabis will begin offering courses later this summer. Students will choose from a dozen course offerings and receive a certificate of completion at the end of a full semester. The goal is to educate people who will take jobs at medical marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts, but also those who are pursuing jobs at medical marijuana businesses in other states and countries. According to Crabb-Burnham, the Northeastern Institute has been fielding inquiries from people all over the globe since it announced it would open.

A $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow a team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers to test a plant-based therapy WPI is developing for the treatment of malaria.