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DPH offering $10M in grants to improve maternal health and morbidity
March 29, 2024State public health officials intend to award $10 million in grants for maternal and reproductive health care initiatives, as the Healey administration looks to combat the worsening rate of severe maternal morbidity that's disproportionately
March 29, 2024
Grants up to $20K available for Pleasant Street businesses looking to upgrade storefronts
March 28, 2024Stores on Worcester’s Pleasant Street stores may soon offer an elevated shopping experience as the Pleasant Street Transformative Development Initiative Partnership has been awarded $125,000 to sponsor storefront beautification efforts in the
March 28, 2024
New Worcester behavioral health clinic aims to make mental health care more accessible
March 28, 2024Guidelight Health, a new behavioral health treatment center, will be accepting patients at its very first location on Lincoln Street in Worcester come May 1.
March 28, 2024
WPI given $18M in donations, announced as President Wang is inaugurated
March 26, 2024Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received $18.6 million in donations in the last two months, the university announced as part of the inauguration ceremony of Grace Wang, who took over as its 17th president in April.
March 26, 2024
WBJ wins eight New England newspaper awards
March 25, 2024Highlighted by its collaboration with the Worcester Regional Research Bureau on the legacy of redlining in the city, Worcester Business Journal took home eight awards at New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2023 New England Better
March 25, 2024
Insulet to hire Pitney Bowes executive to replace CFO who departed for 3M
March 22, 2024Acton medical device manufacturer Insulet has hired Ana Maria Chadwick as its new CFO. She will be the highest-ranked female executive at Insulet, which for three years was the only public company in Central Massachusetts with a woman as CEO.
March 22, 2024
Q&A: Trailblazing entrepreneur advocates for Latino businesspeople
Updated: March 18, 2024Elizabeth Cruz is driven to share her secret to business success with other entrepreneurs like her.
Updated: March 18, 2024
Unemployment rate for people with disabilities in Worcester sits at 12.1% as state economist raises alarm over disparities
March 14, 2024Five cities -- Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Fall River and Lowell -- are home to more than 100,000 working-age individuals with disabilities, representing 20 percent of the state's disability population.
March 14, 2024
Justice reform progress imperiled, advocates say
March 7, 2024Criminal justice reform activists joined a handful of state lawmakers Wednesday to fight against Gov. Maura Healey's budget pitch to slash funding for some reentry programs, arguing the cuts would unravel the success of a landmark 2018 law.
March 7, 2024
Business Leaders of the Year: Connell led to YMCA to set fundraising, programming records
Updated: March 4, 2024The last 12 months have been strong for the YMCA of Central Massachusetts. Under Connell’s leadership, membership has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, even with the challenge of finding enough workers to employ in this growing organization.
Updated: March 4, 2024
Business Leaders of the Year: Youngblood uses his marijuana business to drive social change
Updated: March 4, 2024In his own words, Ulysses Youngblood is relentless and obsessed. And those qualities have paid off for the entrepreneur. Just off Kelley Square, on a quiet street in Worcester's Green Island neighborhood, sits the fruits of years of his labor: Major
Updated: March 4, 2024
In wake of Steward financial troubles, advocate calls for health equity urgency
February 29, 2024"We for some reason had urgency in the pandemic that we've lost since the pandemic when, in fact, those same communities are dying, but it's not COVID," Curry told attendees at a Wednesday legislative briefing. "It's diabetes, it's heart disease. It
February 29, 2024
Reporting discrimination: New, but delayed, reporting requirements seek to identify bias in small business loan approvals and denials
Updated: February 19, 2024While generally supportive of the new rule, the lending industry is concerned about the onus the new requirements put on banks.
Updated: February 19, 2024
Healey releases environmental justice strategy focusing on lower-income communities
February 16, 2024The state's environmental arm has a new strategy to bring equity into focus in the programs and policies under its purview.
February 16, 2024
Associated Industries of Massachusetts names head of economic inclusion
February 8, 2024In an effort to boost its diversity-related activities, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts have named Karen Wallace to the newly-created position of executive vice president of economic inclusion.
February 8, 2024
Achieving diversity in higher education, without affirmative action
Updated: February 5, 2024Halfway through her tenure as the university’s inaugural DEI fellow, Ilyasah Shabazz is helping Worcester State work to sustain an inclusive and welcoming environment
Updated: February 5, 2024
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