The man responsible for constructing several new campus buildings and strengthening Fitchburg State University's connection to the city announced Monday that he will retire next year.
Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) received a $2 million grant Monday from the state to help create a new advanced manufacturing center in Southbridge.
The Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts, the organization reconstructed from the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, will officially open its newly renovated office Wednesday, in a building that will reflect its name.
Officials at Framingham State University will celebrate the opening of the school's new Entrepreneur Innovation Center with a ceremony on site this afternoon.
The incubator provides office space for area entrepreneurs, as well as internship opportunities for FSU students. It opened in January in FSU's Maynard Building on Framingham's Vernon Street, becoming the second incubating space to open in MetroWest in the last year. TechSandBox, a technology incubator in Hopkinton, launched in May 2013.