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Movers & Shakers for Jan. 27, 2025
Updated: January 27, 2025Professionals at ERA Key Realty Services, the Worcester Community Action Council, and Open Sky Community Services are making career moves.
Updated: January 27, 2025
Passing the torch: With two new leaders, Fitchburg’s decades-long downtown revitalization enters its next phase
Updated: January 27, 2025Fitchburg began its first intentional effort to revitalize its core back in 2001.
Updated: January 27, 2025
Enrollment surge: Amid decade-high growth, Mount Wachusett Community College is expanding services to keep students on track
Updated: January 27, 2025This past fiscal year, Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner quietly achieved a milestone.
Updated: January 27, 2025
Healey proposes $2.5B higher education infrastructure plan
January 22, 2025The governor outlined her new proposal after touring the Cyber Range at Bridgewater State University, a hands-on lab where she lamented that too many public higher education campuses don't have the proper facilities to train students for cutting-
January 22, 2025
Holy Cross partners with Polar Park district developer to redevelop former Rotmans furniture site
January 17, 2025Madison Properties, the Boston-based developer facing criticism from the City of Worcester for a lack of progress on developments in the Polar Park district, has purchased the 13-acre former site of Rotmans Furniture.
January 17, 2025-
UMass Chan appoints Harvard director to help integrate AI into science research
January 15, 2025In an effort to address the growing integration of artificial intelligence into basic science research, UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has created its first chief research computing officer position, naming William Barnett to the inaugural
January 15, 2025
Clark University hires dean and establishes new School of Climate, Environment, and Society
January 14, 2025Clark University in Worcester will launch a new School of Climate, Environment, and Society with the fall semester and has named a former Chatham University dean as its leader.
January 14, 2025
Stepping into the storm: As Worcester’s newly appointed chief equity officer, Kevin Lovaincy has his work cut out for him to advance the City’s DEI efforts
Updated: January 13, 2025Until October, the City’s chief equity officer role had been vacant since April 2022.
Updated: January 13, 2025
Movers & Shakers for Jan. 13, 2025
Updated: January 13, 2025Employees at the Worcester Housing Authority, Clinton Savings Bank. and the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts are making strides in their careers.
Updated: January 13, 2025
Student housing on tap for former Hope Lodge following $950K sale
December 27, 2024The former Hope Lodge at 7 Oak St. in Worcester is set to see a new life as student housing, following a $950,000-purchase by an Oxford-based firm.
December 27, 2024
Central Mass. state universities split $4.2 million to increase graduation rates within marginalized communities
December 23, 2024Three Central Massachusetts universities have been awarded a share of $14 million in state funding to boost graduation rates for historically underserved students.
December 23, 2024
WBJ's 10 bold predictions for 2025
Updated: December 23, 2024Every December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.
Updated: December 23, 2024
Making big boxes fun again: As large retail spaces become vacant, landlords are finding immersive businesses like mini golf and pickleball can keep the crowds coming in
Updated: December 23, 2024Converting big-box retail spaces has become increasingly necessary as digital retail impacts demand.
Updated: December 23, 2024-
Central Mass. universities split $1M to bolster behavioral health workforce
December 13, 2024Five Worcester County universities have received a slice of $12.4 million in funding to financially support students entering the mental health or substance use disorders treatment fields.
December 13, 2024 
Holy Cross to serve as Pan-Mass Challenge starting line in 2026
December 11, 2024In two summers, thousands of cyclists will line up at the College of the Holy Cross to begin their multi-mile journeys across Massachusetts as the Worcester college will serve as the starting line for the Pan-Mass Challenge come August 2026.
December 11, 2024
Fitchburg State appoints first executive director of diversity
December 10, 2024Joshua Dodds has been named Fitchburg State University’s inaugural executive director of diversity, equity, and belonging programs as the institution looks to create an inclusive community amidst heightened anti-DEI sentiments throughout the country
December 10, 2024
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