Education

The state began getting in touch Tuesday with more than 134,000 people currently or previously enrolled in certain state programs whose personal information was part of a data breach involving a file transfer program used by the UMass Chan Medical School.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Markus Nemitz has received a $599,815 award from the National Science Foundation to advance the development of low-cost 3D-printed robots.

Senior leadership at Polar Beverages, Hanover Insurance Group, and Bowditch & Dewey were among the four leaders from Worcester-based businesses and organizations Anna Maria College in Paxton as new members of the Catholic school's board.

In order to build a mixed-use, 508-bed student housing complex by 2026, Clark University in Worcester plans to demolish and rebuild an entire block of Main Street in the Main South neighborhood in 2024, including three historic structures and a number of businesses.

BRIDGE Innovation and Business Development, the commercialization hub at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has selected 13 faculty-led research projects to fund with $2 million in capital.

Worcester State University has received $75,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding as part of Massachusetts’ effort to address food insecurity as part of the Hunger Free Campus Initiative Grant program.

Employees of Seven Hills Foundation, Central Massachusetts’ largest human services nonprofit organization, will be able to pursue a variety of degrees online through Nichols College in Dudley at a discounted rate.

Anna Maria College in Paxton appointed Chioma Ugochukwu as the school’s senior vice president for academic affairs, starting Sept. 1.

Millennial couple Courtney and Tyler Galicia took the plunge earlier this year and opened the doors to their first business: the independent bookstore A Great Notion.

People are on the move at Saint Vincent Hospital, Rockland Trust, and ERA Key Realty Services.