Education

Three days after announcing the acquisition of a seven-acre lot on Park Avenue, Clark University in Worcester announced on Wednesday it is working to secure $100 million in financing to fund a number of facility upgrades and new projects.

On Wednesday, UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced that Dr. Liisa Selin, pathology professor and principal investigator, and Dr. Anna Gil, instructor in pathology, received a five-year, $2.5-million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Three professors from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester received grants from the $800,000 Scholarship in Action, which aims to support Worcester-based research and partnership with the community, according to a Tuesday press release from the college.

Clark University purchased a 7-acre vacant car dealership on Park Avenue in Worcester for $6.95 million in a deal closed Friday, according to the Worcester County South Registry of Deeds.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute launched a $500-million fundraising campaign -- the largest in the school’s history -- on Thursday, of which it has raised $354 million, according to a Friday press release from WPI.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has officially removed the name of the late Robert Foisie, an alumnus and the largest donor in its history who gave $63 million over his lifetime, from its formerly named Foisie Business School and Foisie Innovation Studio & Messenger Hall.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester announced Thursday it will begin offering free entry-level career training programs for individuals who lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a press release from the school.

Framingham State University received a $74,855 grant to develop a new teacher residency program in partnership with Framingham Public Schools and the National Center for Teacher Residencies, according to a Wednesday press release from the school.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced its public service consulting division, Commonwealth Medicine has launched a new Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma in partnership with the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate, according to a Thursday press release.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester on Friday inaugurated its 33rd president, Vincent Rougeau, who is the institution’s first Black president and first non-clergy member to serve in the role.