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WBJ announces the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2022
Updated: August 22, 2022Central Massachusetts is brimming with young talent, as scores of people have achieved much in a relatively short period of time, while scores more have the potential to do great things.
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
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
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