Education

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has named Geraldo Maldonado, an adjunct faculty member and alumnus, as site leader for the school’s Southbridge location, which relocated to Southbridge High School last summer.

Fitchburg State University’s Center for Professional Studies announced on Monday it will be running a course on the complexity of culture and bias in the workplace.

The Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) has provided health insurance to Massachusetts students for decades, while its more recent Student Health Insurance Plan Premium Assistance (SHIP PA) program helped control premium costs. However, declining student participants and rising premium costs led to the elimination of SHIP PA.

Dr. George Abraham, a professor of medicine at UMass Medical School in Worcester, has been named president of the American College of Physicians, the school announced on Friday.

You cannot overstate how much the amount of high-quality, talented, and motivated young professionals is growing in Central Massachusetts, and how they are playing a vital role in the region’s future.

You can ask almost anyone and they’ll tell you it’s true: The skilled trades has a workforce shortage.

MassDevelopment announced Thursday it has issued a $47.9-million tax-exempt bond to St. Mark’s School of Southborough to construct a residential dormitory.

Alexander Petroff, an assistant professor of physics at Clark University in Worcester, has been awarded a five-year, $601,423 award from the National Science Foundation.

UMass Medical School in Worcester announced on Wednesday it plans to require that all faculty, staff and students receive the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 7, after which those who are noncompliant will have their ID badge deactivated.

UMass Medical School in Worcester was among several groups to release on Tuesday a set of principles taking aim at racism in medical education and healthcare organizations.