Education

The Nativity School of Worcester received a $200,000 gift from a California foundation run by the family of Worcester native J.D. Power III to establish a scholarship in his name, the school announced Monday.

The National Science Foundation has awarded $2.9 million to Framingham State University, Worcester State University, and Bridgewater State University to create a national model to recruit, retain, and promote cohorts of faculty of color in the STEM fields.

Dean College in Franklin announced Wednesday that Kenneth Elmore will serve as its 14th president and former Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus will be the school’s first-ever chancellor. Elmore is the college's first Black president.

On April 1, Sheree Gaus began her first term on the board of Women in Manufacturing Association, a nonprofit trade group founded in Ohio with aspirations of making a global impact.

President David Fithian’s strategy for Clark University is crystal-clear: The Worcester school is moving into an era of bigger, broader, and bolder thinking.

Through their first 22 home games, the Worcester Red Sox averaged 7,638 fans per game, more fans than the team has seats at its new $160-million baseball stadium.

Small business owners can grow and manage their companies successfully within the area’s economic landscape if they lean into the established support networks, have a keen understanding of finances, and know their strengths and weaknesses, particularly within the market and knowing when they should seek help from outsourced providers and new employees.

Assumption University in Worcester is now offering women’s ice hockey and men’s swimming as varsity, making it the first institution in the Northeast-10 Conference to sponsor all 24 sports in the NCAA Division II Conference.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Ulkuhan Guler was granted $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop a wearable sensor designed to improve home care of patients with respiratory illnesses, according to a Wednesday press release from WPI.

Dean College in Franklin will rename its student center after President Paula Rooney, as she leaves her position after 27 years in the role.