Education

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester are beginning phase II clinical trials of the Moderna COVID-19 booster shots in adults.

The Department of Higher Education wants its budget to grow by more than $41 million next year, eyeing much of that money to expand a grant program that helps low-income students cover their unmet financial need.

On Tuesday, Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a $999,963 grant from the state government to support a new research center focused on manufacturing and cybersecurity, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

The healthcare system is in a moment of transition, according to panelists and speakers at WBJ’s annual Health Care Forum.

Nichols College in Dudley announced it will launch a new center to train students in robotic process automation, according to a Dec. 1 press release.

The Worcester birthplace and childhood home of Robert Goddard, who is known as the father of modern rocketry, has been sold to a multimedia and space nonprofit founder, Charles Slatkin, according to a Wednesday press release.

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were awarded $499,509 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulation Commission to design nuclear microreactor facilities to be built on university campuses, according to a Thursday press release from WPI.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Group, Bryley Systems, Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union and more.

Fitchburg State University was awarded $475,000 from MassDevelopment for its Main Street Theater Block rehabilitation project, according to a Friday press release from the school.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester announced Wednesday it has hired Tomicka Wagstaff as its new vice provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion.