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WBJ expands influential list to Power 100, seeks ideas from readers
December 12, 2023Worcester Business Journal’s annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts is doubling in size.
December 12, 2023
Three Central Mass. employers named top LGBTQ+ workplaces
December 5, 2023Worcester-based Hanover Insurance, Marlborough-based Boston Scientific, and Milford-based Waters Corp. have been named to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Equality 100 Award list.
December 5, 2023
Take WBJ's 2024 Economic Forecast survey
November 28, 2023Worcester Business Journal has launched the annual survey of its readers for the end-of-year Economic Forecast special edition, in order to ascertain business leaders' outlooks on the Central Massachusetts economy in the coming year.
November 28, 2023
Champions of Health Care: Schmohl connects deeply with students
Updated: November 27, 2023When Becker College in Worcester closed its doors in 2021, it left about 100 students pursuing nursing degrees with no place to go. That’s when Quinsigamond Community College and Dean of the School of Healthcare Pat Schmohl stepped up.
Updated: November 27, 2023
Hazy future: Five years after recreational legalization, cannabis faces multiple battles in the next five years
Updated: November 27, 2023While the first five years saw more than $5 billion in sales and hundreds of businesses opening, uncertainty awaits ahead for the next five years.
Updated: November 27, 2023
Champions of Health Care: Camelo improves healthcare access with comprehensive interpreter services
Updated: November 27, 2023For Connie Camelo, a temporary stay in the U.S. to study English at university turned permanent when she decided to get married. It led her to medical interpreting, an unexpected application of her passion for languages.
Updated: November 27, 2023
WBJ names inaugural winners of Champions of Health Care awards
Updated: November 27, 2023Nearly two decades have passed since WBJ created an awards specifically for healthcare professionals. Today, though, such an honor feels more important than ever.
Updated: November 27, 2023
DEI forum: Economic myths perpetuate racism
November 20, 2023The myth that success is achieved solely through hard work and therefore poor people deserve their station in life because they don’t work hard enough is among the economic narratives sustaining racism throughout the economies of Central
November 20, 2023
Health assessment: Greater Worcester must improve housing, broadband, healthcare workforce
November 17, 2023The Worcester Division of Public Health has identified six priority areas to focus on to improve regional health and increase health equity across Greater Worcester.
November 17, 2023
Nichols to offer financial literacy for farmers through partnership with Indigenous nonprofit
November 14, 2023Nichols College in Dudley has entered a partnership with Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, an Indigenous-led nonprofit, to offer a farming financial literacy course for farmers across New England.
November 14, 2023
WPI professor to lead development of oxygen level detector for infants of color
November 14, 2023The National Institutes of Health have awarded $1.1 million to a Worcester Polytechnic Institute-led research project aimed at reducing racial bias in care for premature infants.
November 14, 2023
Diversity in recruitment: What companies need to do to achieve DEI hiring goals
Updated: November 13, 2023Companies must expand their networks & standardize processes to meet diversity, equity, and inclusion targets.
Updated: November 13, 2023
City of Worcester names first Black director of veterans services
November 10, 2023The City of Worcester has named Joe Robinson as director of veterans services, an office in the City’s Department of Health & Human Services. Robinson is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and will be the first Black man to hold the position in
November 10, 2023
MBI grants $240K to seven organization for diversity and workforce development
October 30, 2023Worcester life sciences incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has awarded seven grants to local individuals and companies as part of its 2023 Challenge Grants program.
October 30, 2023
Two local B Corps say compassionate business leads to better outcomes for everybody
Updated: October 30, 2023Two local companies tell how compassionate business helps steer the ship.
Updated: October 30, 2023
Charts: Industry GDP in Central Massachusetts and statewide
Updated: October 30, 2023A breakdown of the Massachusetts and Greater Worcester real GDP by industry.
Updated: October 30, 2023
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