Education

The Prior Performing Arts Center at Worcester’s The College of the Holy Cross is now in active use with the start of a new semester and will be open to the public during a community day on Sept. 24th, the College announced on Thursday.

The Quinsigamond Community College Foundation in Worcester received a pledge of $20,000 over four years from Worcester’s Cornerstone Bank to help advance the college’s offerings at its Southbridge location.

Students at Framingham State University will now see delivery robots scurrying around campus as part of the school’s partnership with French food service company Sodexo.

A new 350,000-square-foot research and education building at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester reached a construction milestone on Monday.

Avenge Bio, Inc., a Natick biotechnology company, announced on Monday that a paper has been published on the efficacy of its LOCOcyte immunotherapy platform, which is used to administer treatments to solid tumors.

Central Massachusetts is brimming with young talent, as scores of people have achieved much in a relatively short period of time, while scores more have the potential to do great things.

This year’s 40 Under Forty class was selected from the top candidates out of 211 nominations for 119 professionals in the Central Massachusetts business community.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday announced the 28 Central Massachusetts professionals who will make up the Leadership Worcester class of 2023.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester and Lahey Hospital and Medical Center of Burlington have signed a letter of intent to establish a regional campus at Lahey Hospital.

Two researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have been awarded $347,843 by the U.S. Navy to develop a computational model that processes data from underwater drones to estimate the source and concentration of contaminants in oceans.