Greater Worcester

Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts need proper institutional support before change agents can ultimately achieve success.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Friday rejected UMass Memorial Health’s proposed plan on how to provide essential maternity service in North Central Massachusetts following its planned closure of the Leominster maternity ward.

Clark University is the first institution of higher education to join PLACE, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit data trust improving mapping of urban areas around the world and makes the data open and accessible.

Pressured to leave what was their homeland in Stockbridge as settlers moved west and divvied up land in the late 1700s, the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans was awarded more than $2 million from the state Wednesday to reclaim 351 acres of their native land and implement indigenous conservation and restoration methods to improve climate change resilience, the Healey administration announced.

Another offshore wind developer took a major step Tuesday toward scrapping its initial plans for an installation in waters off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.

The Healey administration and state utility companies released their formal request for proposals for more offshore wind power Wednesday, kicking off a bidding process that will unfold over the course of 2024.

The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is now offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in financial technology.

AdCare Hospital in Worcester has named Andrea Dayotas its new chief operating officer.

American Family Care, an urgent care and accessible primary care provider, opened its second Worcester location in August at 926 West Boylston St., a long-vacant retail location once home to a Blockbuster Video store.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with nonprofit Venture Forum and incubator and coworking space WorcLab have named the twelve small businesses which will participate in its StartUp Worcester pre-accelerator program.