Greater Worcester

People are moving up at Cornerstone Bank, the Marlborough Economic Development Council, and bankHometown.

For the burgeoning life sciences hub that is Central Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey’s $3.5-billion Mass Leads Act economic development proposal looks to add fuel to fires.

Now professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at UMass Chan, Harris has founded a vitiligo pharmaceutical company and is about to launch a 1,000-person vitiligo study.

Once a production desert, Central Massachusetts has seen a large increase in Hollywood-related activity in the past 15 years. Then, the strikes came.

This move will see the end of Clark’s relationship with Sodexo, a French company that had provided hospitality services for the school since 2007. 

Colony Retirement Homes III in Worcester has been granted $8 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the department’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, which issues direct loans and grants to support a variety of green initiatives for eligible HUD-assisted multifamily properties.

On Wednesday, UMass Chan announced the creation of the university’s Health AI Assurance Laboratory: a lab designed to evaluate processes and impacts of health AI technology to advance efforts for more accountable, unbiased, and efficacious patient care.

Cannabis regulators are seeking input on the model bylaw or ordinance that will give cities and towns a way to comply with new minimum municipal equity standards that stem from the 2022 marijuana industry reform law.

The National Labor Relations Board has issued a formal complaint against Saint Vincent Hospital citing a number of nurses’ union rights violations perpetrated by the hospital.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has announced the establishment of the country’s first PhD program in financial technology (fintech). With the university already offering both bachelor's and master’s programs in the field, this newest degree means WPI is the first institute in the nation to offer all three degree options.