Worcester

When 21-year-old College of the Holy Cross student Thomas “TJ” Haigh first developed his idea for Trivflic, his goal was to connect others and build a community through the fun of trivia games.

Employees at companies including Cornerstone Bank, ERA Key Realty Services, and Flexcon Holdings Trust are advancing in their careers.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester increased its full-tuition grants to students whose families make $100,000 a year or less.

Four and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic altered the configuration of the U.S. workforce, Central Massachusetts employers are still navigating the reverberations of a landscape that changed overnight.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a nearly $1-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to finance fellowships for graduate students studying to become researchers and educators in cell and molecular biology.

The Harvest Cup, an annual cannabis-focused convention and product competition, is set to return to Worcester’s DCU Center on Saturday and Sunday, as a planned Saturday night afterparty featuring a member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan has led to a honorary proclamation from Worcester Mayor Joe Petty. 

Healey's appointees to the commission include Mary Jo Marion, associate vice president of Worcester State University.

The agreement signed on Wednesday allows for pre-engineering students at Framingham State who meet minimum academic requirements to transfer into WPI’s School of Engineering.

A four-story office building in Downtown Worcester and an associated parking lot have been sold for $3.2 million. 

Webster First Federal Credit Union has promoted long-term employee John Cournoyer to chief marketing officer, an inaugural role for the Worcester-based financial institution.