Worcester

Economy

WPI’s groundbreaking Business School dean steps down

After four years serving as dean of The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Debora Jackson has left the role.

Energy

Worcester adding to state’s growing climate tech industry, even as Trump Administration impacts loom

About 115,000 people are now employed in the Massachusetts clean energy industry, with Worcester playing a key role in the industry’s ecosystem.

Economy

Cutler Management selects long-term employee as second-ever president

After nearly four decades, Cutler Management in Worcester has a new president as the commercial real estate management company’s inaugural leader has stepped down.

Banking & Finance

🔒Surviving the Valley of Death: Worcester’s oldest incubator has brought on an in-house investment firm for the first time in 30 years

Startups have navigated the perilous Valley of Death period with varying levels of success. Conifer Life Sciences Group at MBI is trying to change that.

Economy

🔒An assembly line of homes: Worcester firm sees factory-built apartment units as a potential gamechanger for region’s housing crunch

A factory on Southbridge Street could be key in unlocking a faster and more cost-effective way to fight the housing crisis: modular construction.

Economy

Following investigations, CEO departs from Hospital for Behavioral Medicine

After just over a year on the job, Evelyn Alsup, CEO of Hospital for Behavioral Medicine in Worcester, is no longer in the position.

Banking & Finance

Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation donates $250,000 to local organizations

Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation, the charity arm of Natick-based Middlesex Savings Bank, marked its 25th anniversary by awarding $5,000 grants to 50 nonprofits.

Hospitality