Education

An apparent plan by Worcester Polytechnic Institute to buy two hotel properties with the intent of converting them into student housing has upset some of the city’s most prominent business and political leaders.

Each year, these small 40 Under Forty groupings are challenged to top each other to take the best photos, and every year people rise to the occasion.

The nearly 1,000 winners of the 40 Under Forty awards from the last 25 years have gone onto great things, and we catch up with 25 alumni for the 25th anniversary.

This special edition is a celebration of everything the 40 Under Forty has meant to the Central Massachusetts business community over the last 25 years, with a heavy focus on the incoming Class of 2024.

The Winchendon School, a private day and boarding high school with campuses in Winchendon and New York, has promoted longtime employee Sean Duncan to executive director and head. 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has taken another step to encourage students attending the region’s community colleges to continue their studies in Worcester.

Now named the New Balance Performance Park, the campus contains the Capozzoli Athletic Center, which is under construction with an expected completion in 2025.

Clark joins Worcester Polytechnic Institute on national list of best on-campus MBA programs.

A 10,000-square-foot retail building in Natick has been purchased by the operators of a number of The Learning Experience daycare centers in Massachusetts, as the company seeks to open its first location in the town.

A historic venue in Acton that was once the site of a lecture by Henry David Thoreau has been sold for $1.07 million to a Belmont-based church.