Education

The need for growth is forcing Clark to expand, but the university is taking steps to be a good neighbor through thoughtful development and attempts to continue to integrate itself in the community with which it has been entwined since 1887.

Key players in the Central Mass. life science ecosystem are taking on a new initiative to help launch Worcester to the forefront of bioindustrial manufacturing.

The five-school University of Massachusetts system generated $8.3 billion for the Massachusetts economy in 2022, according to a Thursday report from the university.

Quinsigamond Community College President Luis Pedraja will remain with the Worcester institution after his candidacy to be president at the College of Marin in California ended without him getting the job.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is relaunching its volunteer program, which has been closed since shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two of the state's top elected officials are encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups in light of the Supreme Court's June ruling that restricted the use of race by college administrators in admissions decisions.

Framingham State University was awarded a $503,000 grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to purchase equipment for its life sciences program.

Fitchburg State University President Richard Lapidus will retire at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

The Moderna Charitable Foundation has granted $54,000 to Fitchburg State University to fund a research fellowship program aimed at increasing the retention and graduation rates of traditionally underserved populations.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a nearly $2,000,000 grant from the Governor Maura Healey administration, through the Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, to support research into autonomous systems.