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The UMass Medical School said Tuesday it will construct a $325-million, nine-story research and education building for a major expansion of its Worcester campus.

If diversity and inclusion commitments are to ever go beyond nice statements and small symbolic gestures, the efforts are going to have to get uncomfortable.

At the end of September, the historic Worcester performance venue Mechanics Hall decided it will add the first portraits of Black Americans to its Great Hall gallery, a move falling about 20 years after the first portraits of women were placed on the walls of the 163-year-old facility.

UMass Medical School reached a construction milestone on Wednesday with its new Veterans Affairs care facility, placing the top steel beam into place.

Rather than placing the blame of the terrible institution of slavery on a handful of people and businesses, WBJ's story on slavery shows how slavery is part of the shared history of our region and our nation, and we all must address how the legacy of slavery and the treatment of Black people in the years since abolition have left the Black community at a disadvantage.

Two downtown residential projects making news this month in Worcester – one from a Boston-based developer, the other from a New York City firm – are at near opposite ends of the development spectrum, but show how the future of real estate in the city is taking shape.

While the economy was growing into the longest economic expansion in the nation’s history, most Worcester County neighborhoods missed out – not only failing to capture rising income and attracting new residents but even going backward in many cases.

Southbridge Municipal Airport is receiving a $217,000 federal grant to improve its runway and conduct studies, including...

In pre-pandemic times, many companies were still conducting business-to-business sales in person, by knocking on doors or developing relationships at trade shows. The coronavirus pandemic has changed all that, and Worcester software firm ten24 Digital Solutions is helping companies make a transition to online.

When weighed against countries where higher education is highly prioritized, and mostly free, our system is mediocre.