Education

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.

Eric Butler’s new concert series, Broadway in Worcester, aims to bring top performers straight to his hometown for intimate performances, as well as powerful youth workshops.

Among the hires and promotions in this edition of Movers & Shakers are those at Fletcher Tilton, Open Sky Community Services, AXIOM Learning Solutions, and AAFCPAs.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will construct two three-story townhouse-style dormitory buildings along City View Street, according to applications to the Worcester Planning Board and Conservation Commission.