Education

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.

Nichols College in Dudley named Peter Tympanick as the school’s new vice president for business and finance and its chief financial officer, effective March 1, becoming the third Bryant University official to join Nichols since 2021.

When Worcester child care advocacy nonprofit Edward Street received a $75,000 grant, it was an example of essential funding for early childhood organizations, which rely on foundational funding in the absence of adequate federal funding.

Inside of these downtown Worcester century-old structures, and some contemporary ones, businesses from one of the most cutting-edge industries – technology – have been setting up shop

Framingham State University and private family foundation Accelerate the Future together received a $1.39-million grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to improve the pipeline of trained behavioral health professionals.

Two Worcester colleges and a magnet school have received grants from the Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives incubator to fund programs to help increase the diversity in the life sciences workforce and help solve some of the industry’s future workforce needs.

Anna Cross, the first full-time executive director at the MetroWest Nonprofit Network, is stepping down from the role. Cross has been in the position since 2016.

Dr. Michael Green, vice provost for strategic research initiatives, and professor and chair of molecular, cell and cancer biology at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has died.

The Worcester Business Journal editorial staff is seeking reader input for this year's Power 50, the publication’s annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts.

Three companies contracted for a 2018 project at a Fitchburg State University dorm will pay up to $325,000 combined in civil penalties for failing to properly remove and dispose of asbestos, or asbestos-containing material.