Education

Informal meetings take place across Worcester everyday with the express goal of uplifting a Gateway City on the brink of larger economic and cultural significance.

Dean College in Franklin has extended its exclusive partnership with Kraft Sports + Entertainment, the division which oversees marketing for the New England Patriots and New England Revolution, for another 10 years.

Framingham State University and MassBay Community College, an institution with locations in Framingham, Ashland, and Wellesley, received $600,000 to expand their educational programs.

The Accelerated Convenient Transformational MBA is designed for business professionals with at least five years of experience looking to further their education, according to the college’s Wednesday press release.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will hold a job fair on March 30 to fill positions for a variety of departments, including emergency medicine, facilities management, information technology, and psychiatry,

Joseph Corazzini, vice president for government and community affairs at Clark University, has been appointed to serve on Massachusetts’ Black Advisory Commission.

Seven nonprofits from around Central Massachusetts are slated to receive $7.4 million in funding from the $1.5-trillion federal appropriations package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Saturday.

The research team, headed by UMass Chan neurology professors Brigitte van Zundert and Robert Brown discovered in a mouse study that a toxin known as polyP is a likely contributor to motor neuron death.

Nichols College in Dudley has appointed Daniel Borgia, a dean and professor at Bryant University’s campus in Zhuhai, China, as its new provost.

Assumption University President Francesco Cesareo will retire at the end of this academic year after 15 years in the role, the Worcester college announced Tuesday.