Education

The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is now offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in financial technology.

Vincent Strully Jr., founder of The New England Center for Children and CEO of the autism education organization for 48 years, has retired from the position and will step into an advisor role.

Music education franchise School of Rock aims to open a new location at shopping center Northborough Crossing in late 2023 or early 2024.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Inna Nechipurenko has received two grants totaling $564,000 to advance her study into how cellular structures called cilia affect the development of neurodevelopmental disorders.

In a move that one Massachusetts social worker described as an "answered prayer," the state will repay more than $140 million in student loans for almost 3,000 health care providers who serve communities in need.

A number of local companies have announced new hires and promotions, including bankHometown in Oxford, SALMON Health and Retirement in Milford, NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs in Worcester, and Rollstone Bank & Trust in Fitchburg

Mary Munson, a UMass Chan Medical School professor, is an accomplished scientist and a champion for women in science.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner are among the 15 schools in line to offer students over age 25 free associate degrees and professional certificates, beginning in the fall.

Massachusetts moved up nine spots in CNBC's annual America's Top States for Business rankings this summer and the man behind the scorecard of states told the Mass. High Tech Council that he is beginning to put more emphasis on things like reproductive rights and inclusion when he ranks states.

Hundreds of aspiring nurse aides can start taking their certification exams in Spanish and Chinese next year, the start of a multilingual policy that advocates and lawmakers say will tackle a major workforce shortage in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.