Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Aaron Sakulich has been named a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research, a Washington, D.C.-based group supporting student-faculty research.
Eight destinations in Central Massachusetts, including Old Sturbridge Village and Worcester's EcoTarium, were among those receiving funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
The owner of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, MetroWest Daily News and other daily and weekly newspapers in Massachusetts is being sued in a class-action case in which the chain is alleged to have offered deceitful subscriptions.