Education

Mount Wachusett Community College has opened its nursing simulation lab expansion, providing students with more hands-on experience in clinical settings.

Legislation that would offer families financial assistance with the cost of early education and child care and address the stability of the industry would lead to huge increases in the percentage of young kids in such programs and would dramatically reduce the cost burden for families.

Two new faculty scientists at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Shine Initiative, a Worcester youth mental health nonprofit, has named its director of development to be its interim executive director position following the resignation of current executive director Fred Kaelin.

Worcester State University has named Ilyasah Shabazz as the school’s inaugural DEI fellow for the 2023-2024 school year.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester received a $675,000 grant to support adult learners from adult basic education programs through its Future Focus program.

Glenn Sulmasy is out as Nichols College president, according to an announcement posted Tuesday afternoon to the Dudley school’s website.

Less than two weeks into retirement, the former leader of Seven Hills signed on for a new challenge: Helping business students consider the larger societal good.

The U.S. Department of Labor granted Clark University $5 million through its Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program, to expand Clark’s Tech Quest Apprenticeship program.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration selected Worcester Polytechnic Institute to receive a $500,000 slice of $3.9 million it is doling out to researchers working on climate adaptation advancements.