Greater Worcester

Laurie A. Leshin was inaugurated over the weekend as the 16th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the first woman to hold the position in the school's 150-year history.

Assumption College will extend its tuition freeze to the class of 2019, a move the Worcester school says offers potential savings of $23,000 over four years, the college announced last week.

Nearly two centuries ago, the Blackstone Canal helped catapult Worcester, then primarily a farming community, into the industrial age. But by 1848, the canal was closed and later capped after it served as the area's major trade route to Providence.

At Mirick O'Connell, it's believed that the firm and its employees are at their best when workers...

Led by longtime CEO Chuck Faris, the senior management team at Spectrum Health Systems Inc. of Worcester...

O'Brien & Gibbons Insurance Agency of Worcester goes to great lengths to ensure its 15 employees are...

With 13 primary care offices in Central Massachusetts, Reliant Medical Group is a major provider of primary...

Energy services firm World Energy Solutions of Worcester agreed last week to be acquired by EnerNOC Inc.,...

When I was a CFO in business, I was truly for-profit. After all, profit meant survival and...

Who are some of the organizations in Central Massachusetts that do good things for their employees? In this, the third consecutive year in which we've honored them, we shine the spotlight on nine.