Education

This five-month investigation by Worcester Business Journal and Worcester Regional Research Bureau dives into how racial discrimination in mortgage lending and home ownership creates neighborhoods of have's and have-not's in Greater Worcester, where educational and economic success is harder to achieve.

Over the next year and a half, Commonwealth Fusion Systems is building a $300-million, 47-acre headquarters in Devens, in its $1-billion, long-term effort to make fusion the default energy source on Earth

Worcester, like cities around the rest of the country, is in the midst of a cultural reckoning.

When Becker College in Worcester announced it will be closing its doors in August, the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute had a big question to answer. The statewide center for video game entrepreneurship, known as MassDiGi, had been based at the college since its start a decade ago. Where would it go now?

Students, faculty and staff wanting to participate in upcoming semesters must now be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at Worcester schools the College of the Holy Cross, Clark University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts ticked down 0.2 percentage points to 6.5% in April, continuing the steady decline from the high rates since the state of the coronavirus pandemic.

Anna Maria College in Paxton on Thursday announced a five-year partnership with the Paxton Fire Department to offer students real-world experience.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will play football this fall at the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District, according to an announcement from the Worcester Red Sox previewing a press conference on Friday.

Family Services of Central Massachusetts, which is part of the Worcester nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation, received $200,000...

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is hosting on Tuesday a COVID-19 vaccine clinic.