Worcester State University capping off a $200 million infrastructure expansion that began in 2000 in an ongoing effort to attract students from farther and farther afield.
The University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester will receive $250,000 for pediatric cancer research from the nonprofit arm of Hyundai Motor America.
As emergency room visits increased 31 percent across Massachusetts between 2005 and 2015, the availability of specialists to treat these patients declined, according to a recent study.
Expanding health care in Massachusetts under the new federal health insurance law will cost taxpayers in the commonwealth at least $162 million over the next decade, according to a new report.