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WBJ hires New School graduate as reporter covering health care, DEI
April 17, 2024Before coming to WBJ, Kanner-Mascolo was an editor and writer for New York City-based intersectional feminist news hub FEMINIST and a contributing writer for New York City-based beauty publication Byrdie.
April 17, 2024
Eleven cannabis firms in Central Mass. receive $530K from first Social Equity Trust Fund grants
April 16, 2024Just as cannabis businesses are gearing up for the holiday known as 4/20, an unofficial celebration of marijuana where dispensaries see some of their largest crowds of the year, eleven companies in Central Massachusetts received $430,000 from the
April 16, 2024
Dean College president inducted into MLK Jr. Collegium of Scholars
April 16, 2024The honor is granted by the College of Ministers & Laity at Morehouse College, a private Georgia HBCU and the largest men’s liberal arts college in the country.
April 16, 2024
Clark fires back as outgoing Holocaust center director admonishes school in WSJ op-ed
April 16, 2024Clark responded to a Wall Street Journal article with a statement to WBJ denying Mary Jane Rein’s claims, including admonishments and emphasized the university’s freedom of expression policy.
April 16, 2024
UMass Chan to open AI assurance lab to validate use of the technology in health care
April 12, 2024On Wednesday, UMass Chan announced the creation of the university’s Health AI Assurance Laboratory: a lab designed to evaluate processes and impacts of health AI technology to advance efforts for more accountable, unbiased, and efficacious patient
April 12, 2024
Cannabis regulators seek input on new municipal equity rules
April 12, 2024Cannabis regulators are seeking input on the model bylaw or ordinance that will give cities and towns a way to comply with new minimum municipal equity standards that stem from the 2022 marijuana industry reform law.
April 12, 2024
WPI launches the nation’s first fintech PhD program
April 11, 2024Worcester Polytechnic Institute has announced the establishment of the country’s first PhD program in financial technology (fintech). With the university already offering both bachelor's and master’s programs in the field, this newest degree means
April 11, 2024
Dost thou drink? Redemption Rock and Hanover Theatre Repertory team up for Shakespeare-inspired beer
April 11, 2024Redemption Rock Brewing and The Hanover Theatre Repertory have released a new collaborative beer to celebrate the opening of two plays in Worcester.
April 11, 2024
Worcester’s Latin American Health Alliance to split $3M for substance-use work
April 5, 2024Worcester nonprofit Latin American Health Alliance is one of 20 BIPOC-led organizations receiving $2.9 million in grants from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to help fund efforts to address substance use in their communities
April 5, 2024
UMass Chan awarded $11.6M grant for new psychiatric nurse fellowship
April 3, 2024Umass Chan Medical School’s Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing has been awarded a four-year $11.6-million grant by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to help finance the university’s new psychiatric mental health
April 3, 2024
Final Four: Fitchburg State names contenders in presidential search
April 3, 2024Fitchburg State has planned public forums for each candidate, giving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other stakeholders an opportunity to hear from each potential president.
April 3, 2024
Worcester artists, cultural organization granted $247K to grow programming
April 1, 2024The Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded 53 grants, totalling in $246,844, to help fund Worcester-based arts and cultural programs through the City’s Worcester Arts Council.
April 1, 2024
Q&A: Nonprofit gym in Lancaster centers inclusive fitness
Updated: April 1, 2024Brendan Aylward first started volunteering for the Special Olympics as a teenager in high school. After years of volunteering with the organization, Aylward found purpose and passion working in the adaptive fitness industry.
Updated: April 1, 2024
Manufacturing awards: More than just office furniture, AIS builds a beacon of belonging
Updated: April 1, 2024AIS’ efforts to have a positive impact on employees are so extensive they are hard to summarize, but at the heart of this complex web of internal and external opportunities, employee enrichment efforts, and leadership development initiatives is a
Updated: April 1, 2024
Manufacturing awards: Wilson-Thomas promotes continuous improvement, and welcoming policies for women
Updated: April 1, 2024Since she began working in manufacturing, Wilson-Thomas said, she’s gotten used to frequently being the only woman in a room. Today, she supports others in a similar position as secretary of the Massachusetts chapter of the Women in Manufacturing
Updated: April 1, 2024
MBTA to offer half-priced fares
March 29, 2024Years after public transit advocates launched a campaign to roll out a widespread low-income fare at the T, the agency's board of directors stamped its approval on a formal plan that will provide an option to riders who earn less than their peers
March 29, 2024
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