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40 Under Forty 2022: Jason Homer
Updated: August 22, 2022Starting a new job is hard work, but taking charge of Worcester's public library system in the middle of a pandemic seems unfathomable. That is what Homer did, and he did so with great success and grace.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Vanessa Calixto
Updated: August 22, 2022Calixto uses her talent and time to ensure that artists from Worcester’s communities of color have space to perform and display their work, as space becomes scarcer.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Ryan Brown
Updated: August 22, 2022While working as an Amateur Athletic Union basketball coach, Brown noticed there were lots of kids who wanted to learn how to play, but couldn’t afford to join.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Masielle “Massy” Paulino
Updated: August 22, 2022Paulino provides community leadership, preservation of Latino culture, and mental health care, all through one medium: dance.
Updated: August 22, 2022
The Judges: How WBJ picked the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2022
Updated: August 22, 2022This year’s 40 Under Forty class was selected from the top candidates out of 211 nominations for 119 professionals in the Central Massachusetts business community.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Hana Lasell
Updated: August 22, 2022Lasell is one of the powerful figures in Central Mass. blazing a trail for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and she’s doing so with a uniquely artistic flair.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Domenica Perrone
Updated: August 22, 2022Personally and professionally, Perrone’s work for Worcester’s Latinx community is immeasurable.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Carla Delacruz Davila
Updated: August 22, 2022Medical school is one of the most demanding endeavors in education. UMass Chan employs people to help students overcome the mental and emotional challenges of its program and stay on track to graduate.
Updated: August 22, 2022
Qualifying Mass. restaurants will soon be able to accept government SNAP benefits for prepared meals
Updated: August 22, 2022Amidst economic uncertainty, Massachusetts will soon become the eighth state to operate the Restaurant Meals Program, a pilot program allowing select restaurants and food trucks to accept SNAP benefits.
Updated: August 22, 2022
40 Under Forty 2022: Boa Newgate
Updated: August 22, 2022Throughout his 14 years at SEACMA, Newgate has been a beacon for Central Mass. youth.
Updated: August 22, 2022
Assumption names former Providence College director to lead Cross-Cultural Center
August 18, 2022Worcester’s Assumption University has named Brenda Hunt as its first director of ALANA (African-, Latino/Hispanic-, Asian, and Native American) and first-generation student success where she will oversee the university’s Cross-Cultural Center and
August 18, 2022
WPI rebrands Office of Multicultural Affairs to reflect diversity mission
August 17, 2022The Office of Multicultural Affairs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has renamed itself the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education, to more accurately portray its role going forward.
August 17, 2022
Sweeping Mass. cannabis reform signed into law
August 12, 2022Nearly six years after voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana and almost four years since legal sales began, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law the first major step of its kind by state government to bolster the nascent industry and tear
August 12, 2022
Holy Cross becomes latest Worcester college to partially cut application fee
August 11, 2022On Aug. 1, Holy Cross eliminated the $60 application fee for students from Worcester Public Schools, the college announced Wednesday.
August 11, 2022
Framingham State to receive $1.7M for bilingual teaching residents program
August 5, 2022Framingham State University announced on Thursday that it will receive $1.7 million over three years to fund a residency program in the city’s public schools from the Boston-based Massachusetts Service Alliance, a nonprofit state affiliate of the
August 5, 2022
Chase aims for four Worcester-area locations by 2025
August 5, 2022With their first Worcester branch set to open next month at 81 Gold Star Blvd., Chase Bank, the consumer banking division of New York City based JPMorgan Chase, told WBJ that it plans to open three additional branches in the Worcester area.
August 5, 2022
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