Greater Worcester

Becker College has agreed to establish a center that will focus on how business can identify and solve social problems, working with the Seven Hills Foundation, the Worcester school announced.

Assumption College will introduce a new bachelor's degree program in actuarial science in the fall.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester and the medical school at Trinity College Dublin are strengthening their decade-long collaboration.

Worcester's Running Start has joined the Workbar Network, allowing its members to use space in six different locations in Massachusetts.

Students at University of Massachusetts Medical School will engage in clinical work at Cape Cod Hospital after both organizations reached agreement on an academic affiliation, the Worcester school announced Tuesday.

Pharmaceuticals giant AbbVie, which has operations in Worcester, has completed its purchase of California-based Pharmacyclics Inc., AbbVie announced Tuesday.

Worcester Credit Union's branch at 315 Main St. will close later this summer. The last day the branch will be open is Aug. 21, according to the credit union's website.

From July 2013 through June 2014, nearly 5,000 people sought treatment for substance abuse in Worcester. For...

Her hiring was one for the history books: the first woman to become president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. But self-proclaimed “space nerd” Laurie Leshin came to Worcester one year ago next week with a well-established resume.

With most consumer markets populated by mass-produced items that are cookie-cutter images of each other, entrepreneurs in Worcester are capitalizing on goods that emphasize customization and craftsmanship through the use of time-honored skills in a 21st-century marketplace.