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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
RFK Community Alliance hires first chief diversity and culture officer
August 3, 2022Lancaster human-services nonprofit RFK Community Alliance, has hired Jessica Pepple to be the organization's first chief diversity and culture officer.
August 3, 2022
Fallon Health names DEI, real estate leaders to board
August 2, 2022Worcester insurer Fallon Health has named an executive from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as a real estate and finance leader, to its board of directors.
August 2, 2022
Mass. legislature agrees on cannabis reform bill
August 1, 2022A compromise bill aimed at helping to grow the legal cannabis industry and making it more equitable emerged just before midnight Sunday after nearly a month of negotiations and quickly passed through both the House and Senate.
August 1, 2022
Nominations for WBJ Outstanding Women in Business awards due today
July 29, 2022Friday, Aug. 5, is the last day to nominate someone deserving of recognition for Worcester Business Journal’s 14th annual Outstanding Women in Business awards.
July 29, 2022
New Mass. law bans discrimination based on hairstyle
July 27, 2022As Gov. Charlie Baker signed a ban on school or athletic event discrimination based on hairstyles, Deanna Cook was taken back to the first time she got detention as a high school sophomore because her braids did not conform to her school's policy.
July 27, 2022
Clark receives $2M to support Main South teacher training
July 21, 2022Clark University received a $2-million grant from AmeriCorps, a national organization based in Washington D.C., to support teachers in the Worcester school’s master’s program for teachers who train in schools throughout the city’s Main South
July 21, 2022
UMass Chan awards 10 grants totaling $136,760
July 13, 2022The Remillard Family Community Service Fund at UMass Chan Medical School announced the 10 projects that would receive up to $20,000 in funding this year, for a total of $136,760.
July 13, 2022
Amid changes at the top, Central Mass. colleges lag behind in having women presidents
July 7, 2022A new report shows Greater Worcester is significantly behind the stagnated state in having women as leaders.
July 7, 2022
Community Legal Aid's new leader eyes expansion, fundraising
June 28, 2022In his new position as a leader of Community Legal Aid, attorney Lyonel Jean-Pierre Jr. has an important goal in mind: to secure free legal aid for as many people as possible.
June 28, 2022
Is inclusionary zoning what Worcester needs to solve the housing shortage?
Updated: June 27, 2022As homelessness grows and as rental and home ownership costs rise beyond the means of more and more people, policymakers and housing advocates have pushed for a variety of solutions, one of which is inclusionary zoning.
Updated: June 27, 2022
Dean College’s dual leadership
Updated: June 27, 2022Dean College in Franklin announced in June two historic appointments to its leadership team. Kenneth Elmore will serve as the school’s 14th president and former Worcester city manager Edward Augustus will be the school’s first-ever chancellor.
Updated: June 27, 2022
Worcester to explore harsher penalties for business tax break violations
June 22, 2022The Worcester City Council on Tuesday formally requested for the acting city manager to develop potential penalties for businesses who violate the agreements of their property tax breaks.
June 22, 2022
Hologic to sponsor Mary J. Blige’s latest concert tour
June 20, 2022When Mary J. Blige embarks on the first leg of her Good Morning Gorgeous tour in September, she’ll be doing so with the sponsorship of Marlborough-based Hologic, Inc.
June 20, 2022
WBJ wins top prize at international journalism competition
June 12, 2022This marks the second time in three years WBJ has won the top prize for a midsized publication from AABP, and was one of five awards WBJ received for content produced in 2021.
June 12, 2022
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