Education

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has received an $11-million alumni gift, which will go toward scholarships and an emergency fund to support students in financial distress, the college announced Thursday morning.

A researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a grant of $441,228 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to develop a method of minimizing computer network interruptions.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute named Paula Fitzpatrick, an Assumption University dean, as its first-ever director of the new Center for Well-Being.

David Kennedy, a PhD and neuroinformatics expert at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, received a five-year, $6-million grant renewal to fund a center for brain imaging research.

Clark University submitted detailed plans to the City of Worcester for the college's four-story media arts, computing, and design academic building to be located on Woodland Street.

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees has appointed Winston Oluwole “Wole” Soboyejo, the college’s provost and senior vice president, as interim president to serve while the college searches for its 17th president.

Two years of pandemic-related enrollment declines are sure to have considerable impacts on colleges, but educators say the problem could be more long-term.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has joined BioConnects New England, a regional coalition to support biotechnology hubs throughout New England.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has named dean of faculty Ann Marie Leshkowich as its interim provost to fill in for outgoing Provost Margaret Freije.

The pandemic has disrupted employment across the Worcester region, but better days are likely at hand, a panel of experts said this morning during the WBJ Economic Forecast Forum webinar.