Education

The machines in here don’t look like the old science classrooms or even the classrooms we see in movies. Instead, it’s sterile and more like a command center. These machines aren’t for experimentation; they’re to see if your experiment works.

A program to cover community college certificates and degrees for residents over 25 with state dollars was one of Gov. Maura Healey's early promises, but lawmakers on Monday questioned whether the $20 million allocated in her budget proposal is enough to fulfill her commitment.

Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging, Inc. will tackle the project of creating a new resource center in Worcester for its populations. The Grandparents Raising Grandkids Resource Center will seek to connect grandparent-led households to essential services, including housing, transportation, and translation.

Oxford education firm, Wilson Language Training Corp. has appointed a new CFO, Mario LaRue, and created a new chief people officer position at the company. Ewan McCulloch has been named to that role.

TidePool Bookshop opened in September 2020 after months of delays thanks to COVID-19. Now, two years later, they have a busy store with a growing number of events and an expanding catalog of books.

People are on the move at the Family Health Center of Worcester, AdCare Hospital in Worcester, the Worcester law firm Bowditch & Dewey, the Estate Preservation Law Offices, MutualOne Bank in Framingham, Framingham State University, and UMass Memorial Health in Worcester.

There didn’t seem to be any empty seats in the Clark University classroom on the afternoon of Valentine’s Day for Episode 4.5 of Lawrence Norman’s class.

Victoria Waterman, the CEO of nonprofit Girls Inc. of Worcester is stepping down at the end of June after 11 years in the role. Waterman has been CEO of the Worcester nonprofit since 2012, before which she was president of the board of directors.

The National Institutes of Health awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Emmanuel Agu $2.4 million to develop a smartphone app to detect infections in open wounds.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Jeannine Coburn was granted $606,146 from the National Science Foundation to develop a transparent wound dressing with its roots in a home culinary project.