Education

Carlos Santiago, commissioner of the state's Department of Higher Education, plans to step down from his post when this academic year ends in June, and a search committee process to find his successor is expected to start next month, the department announced Wednesday.

Jason Shohet, a professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has received a second grant for cancer research totaling $300,000, two years after the first grant, according to a Monday announcement on the school’s website.

The Worcester Business Journal editorial staff is seeking readers' ideas for this year's Power 50, WBJ's annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts.

After closing a controversial chapter related to its largest donor last year, Worcester Polytechnic Institute is turning...

As part of WBJ’s 2022 coverage of the 300th anniversary of Worcester’s founding, the publication has partnered with the Worcester Historical Museum to run a trivia contest. Those with the most correct answers at the end of the year will win a special prize package.

People are on the move at Country Bank, Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., RCAP Solutions, and more.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has temporarily suspended spectator attendance at all athletic events in response to the surge in COVID-19 cases, according to a Friday announcement from the athletic department.

State lawmakers pitched a new tax exemption Tuesday that they say could address both the crushing levels of student loan debt carried by many residents and the perennial concerns that businesses have around being able to find and keep the types of workers they are looking for.

The University of Massachusetts system, which includes UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, is requiring all its students, faculty, and staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster, according to a Tuesday press release from UMass.

A clinical trial for ALS research led by two UMass Chan Medical School doctors has shown significant progress in suppressing the most commonly mutated ALS gene, according to an announcement from the Angel Fund for ALS Research.