Education

Northeastern University is using revenue from a $378.5 million tax-exempt bond to build a 340,000 square foot science and engineering complex in Boston's Fenway neighborhood.

“Grace” Jinliu Wang, who on Nov. 7 was selected by WPI to be its 17th president, believes in and embodies this concept of combining theory and practice to fuel innovation and to apply that innovation to have maximum impact on the world.

Worcester human services nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation has agreed to purchase Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield, New Hampshire from Legacy by Gersh, a program of Huntington, New York-based Gersh Autism.

Clark University has Joe Manok to fulfill the responsibility of a chief development officer, starting on Jan. 23. His official title will be vice president for university advancement.

A psychiatry professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester is leading a clinical trial studying the efficacy of a peer intervention program designed to help undergraduate and graduate students with serious mental health conditions.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has purchased a single-family home at 97 College St. and a three-family structure at 99 College St. for a combined $1.25 million.

Major healthcare providers in Massachusetts and across the country have started taking steps to rectify racial discrepancies in healthcare services and outcomes.

These types of facilities are expected to become significantly more prevalent as energy costs remain unpredictable and large organizations seek the stability of generating heat and electricity onsite.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named “Grace” Jinliu Wang as its 17th president, becoming the first person of color to lead WPI and succeeding Laurie Leshin, who left WPI for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in May.

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Workers Union voted 364 to 15 in favor of unionizing under the United Auto Workers umbrella.