Education

The Bancroft School in Worcester announced on Thursday the appointment of Stephanie Luebbers as the private organization’s new head of school, making her the 14th person to hold the position.

Clark University and the union representing its graduate student workers traded barbs Wednesday over the behavior and nature of the worker strike, following a negotiating session where the main sticking point remains compensation.

On Sunday, 3,000 people took part in the 24th annual UMass Cancer Walk and Run, raising $700,000 for cancer trials at UMass Chan Medical School, according to a Tuesday press release.

A Sept. 22 study released by Worcester-based nonprofit Wake Up Narcolepsy has found physicians in and around Boston may know less about diagnosing narcolepsy than they think they do.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will send another $2.2 million to the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester for the cost of testing students, faculty, and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Union workers at the construction site of Clark University’s Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design in Worcester on Tuesday walked off in solidarity with the Clark graduate workers union, which went on strike Monday.

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School are teaming up with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to study the effects of the COVID-19 drug Paxlovid on patients aged 18 and under.

Clark University Graduate Workers United in Worcester, supported by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 170 of Worcester, announced on Twitter it is on strike as of 10:30 AM on Monday.

Newlywed Sean Kelly co-founded Solvus Global with Aaron Birt to research solutions to problems plaguing the business world, by spinning off companies addressing those specific needs.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts awarded $4.3 million in Skills Capital Grants to technical high schools in Fitchburg, Marlborough, and Worcester to improve facilities.