Greater Worcester

MCPHS University has branched into a new area of study after acquiring the New England School of...

A three-story office building at 25 Harvard St. in Worcester, known as the Otis E. Putnam House, has been sold.

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...