Education

Worcester human services nonprofit Open Sky Community Services received a $116,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health to train police on de-escalation tactics to divert distressed individuals away from the criminal justice system and emergency rooms.

With businesses warning of worker shortages and thousands of prospective students stuck on waitlists, lawmakers and advocates urged the Legislature on Tuesday to inject billions of dollars into Massachusetts vocational and technical schools and to reform their admissions policies.

A UMass Medical School research team, led by Dr. David Cochran, has received a $400,000 grant from the Eagles Autism Foundation, affiliated with the Philadelphia Eagles.

The New England Center for Children, a Southborough nonprofit specializing in treating children with autism globally, has named Darryl Agostinelli as its first chief technology officer, the school announced on Tuesday.

Regulations adopted Tuesday and set to affect applicants for the 2022-2023 school year will require vocational-technical schools to develop their own admissions policies "that promote equitable access", removing the requirement that grades, attendance, discipline records and counselor recommendations be used as admissions criteria.

QCC President Dr. Luis Pedraja spoke with WBJ about the school’s plans for the facilities, and how it might help bolster the region’s manufacturing workforce.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced on Tuesday it has named Michael Horan as its new chief financial officer.

Worcester Business Journal announced on Tuesday its manufacturing and diversity & inclusion reporter, Monica Benevides, has been promoted to the position of senior staff writer.

A year of pandemic learning has emphasized key issues that existed before the pandemic and induced efforts to provide resources to these key areas.

With Mimi Sheller of Philadelphia’s Drexel University just named incoming dean, The Global School at Worcester Polytechnic University has launched as a formalizing and furthering of something the university has done all along: global projects.