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Diversity & Inclusion
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Polar Park contractor to pay $1.9M over false claims of diversity inclusion
December 22, 2022A joint venture of Gilbane Building Co. of Providence, Rhode Island and Hunt Construction Group, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that it misrepresented allocation of work to disadvantaged businesses
December 22, 2022
UMass Chan researcher leads $4.1M study of caregiving equity
December 21, 2022Dr. Jennifer Tjia, professor of population and quantitative health sciences at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, is leading a $4.1-million, five-year grant-funded study from the National Institute of Health, exploring equity in caregiving.
December 21, 2022
Worcester has a rent problem
Updated: December 12, 2022As the cost of leased housing has risen and wages have stayed relatively stagnant, the portion of Worcester renters who are overburdened by the cost of their homes has risen to 51%.
Updated: December 12, 2022
Trapped: Worcester neighborhoods still suffer from the legacy of redlining
Updated: December 12, 2022In 1936, seven white men judged which neighborhoods of Worcester were not viable for real estate financing. Today, as rising costs overburden half of renters in the city, those impacted the most are from those neighborhoods still suffering from lack
Updated: December 12, 2022
Redlining: An economic legacy - See all the elements from the WBJ-WRRB report
Updated: December 12, 2022The Worcester Business Journal partnered with the nonprofit Worcester Regional Research Bureau on a new project examining how rent increases over the last decade have impacted the city and its businesses, as well as an historic look at how financial
Updated: December 12, 2022
Redlining map: Discrimination from 1936
Updated: December 12, 2022As part of the then-new Federal Housing Administration’s effort to give out more home loans, a 1936 assessment of the neighborhoods in Worcester was commissioned by the Home Owners' Loan Corp.
Updated: December 12, 2022
Take WBJ's 2023 Economic Forecast survey
December 9, 2022WBJ is conducting its annual Economic Forecast survey, gauging readers' opinions about what 2023 will bring. Those who fill out the survey by Dec. 19 will be eligible to win one of three $50 gift cards.
December 9, 2022
Avoiding startup costs: Diddy's foray in Central Mass. cannabis
Updated: November 28, 2022By purchasing well-established marijuana stores, Sean "Diddy" Combs is buying into already profitable establishments with a proven track record. His investment creates the first minority-owned, vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operator in
Updated: November 28, 2022
The next president: Grace Wang has spent a career focused on innovation, academics, and impact
Updated: November 28, 2022“Grace” Jinliu Wang, who on Nov. 7 was selected by WPI to be its 17th president, believes in and embodies this concept of combining theory and practice to fuel innovation and to apply that innovation to have maximum impact on the world.
Updated: November 28, 2022
Worcester appoints Batista permanent city manager, becoming first Latino to hold the powerful role
November 16, 2022Batista, who had been serving as acting city manager was approved for the role permanently after the City Council on Tuesday night voted 8-3 to appoint him as Worcester city manager.
November 16, 2022
The Worcester Housing Authority’s next chapter: How a housing crisis awoke a sleeping giant
Updated: November 14, 2022Worcester’s largest landlord is stepping up its fight to increase housing stock for not only the city residents most in need, but for all residents who find themselves stretched thin by the region's rising housing costs.
Updated: November 14, 2022
Improving health care: America spends the most money on health care and yet has subpar outcomes
Updated: November 14, 2022Major healthcare providers in Massachusetts and across the country have started taking steps to rectify racial discrepancies in healthcare services and outcomes.
Updated: November 14, 2022-
WPI selects research administrator as first person of color to permanently serve as president
November 7, 2022Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named “Grace” Jinliu Wang as its 17th president, becoming the first person of color to lead WPI and succeeding Laurie Leshin, who left WPI for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in May.
November 7, 2022 
Rapper & businessman Diddy buys three Central Mass. cannabis businesses as part of $185M deal
November 4, 2022Sean “Diddy” Combs – the rapper, businessman, and producer – is buying three cannabis businesses in Worcester and Leicester, as part of a $185-million deal to buy 12 marijuana locations in Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois.
November 4, 2022
Voting for Best of Business awards closes on Monday
November 1, 2022Voting for the WBJ’s 2023 Best of Business awards, which seeks to highlight institutions throughout Central Massachusetts based on reader votes, will close this coming Monday, Nov. 14.
November 1, 2022
WPI cohort to help address diversity, ethical issues with artificial intelligence
October 31, 2022Thirty students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute will participate in nonprofit AI4ALL’s College Pathways program, with no cost to them, which encourages diversity and inclusion in the field of artificial intelligence and explores the impact of
October 31, 2022
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