Education

UMass Chan Medical School has elevated its program in systems biology to full department status, according to a Tuesday press release from the school. 

After the Town of Leicester officially purchases the portion of the former Becker College campus that exists within its borders, Becker will use the proceeds from that sale to pay debts.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner and Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will require students, faculty, and staff to have been vaccinated against COVID-19, starting in January.

Nichols College in Dudley will use a $20 million tax-exempt bond from state agency MassDevelopment to build a new four-story, 19,000-square-foot residence hall, as well as cover other renovations and campus projects, MassDevelopment announced on Thursday.

Stop & Shop presented Framingham State University with $100,000 to establish a scholarship for diversity in the food & nutrition, an endowed fund to provide financial assistance for students studying to become registered dietitians.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will once again offer free medical administrative assistant training, as well as a free nurse assistant/home health aide program later this fall and early in spring.

Leicester voters overwhelmingly approved two warrant articles to pay for the purchase of and cover operational costs of the bulk of the former Becker College campus at a special town meeting on Tuesday night.

Clark University has named Joseph Corazzini as vice president for government and community affairs, the Worcestet school announced Tuesday.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Clark University in Worcester were ranked #63 and #103 in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings, released Monday.

Geisel Software of Worcester announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Fayetteville State University in North Carolina to perform multi-robot perception research under a NASA grant.