Quinsigamond Community College will receive a $310,000 capital grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) to boost its life sciences program.
The nonprofit alliance of Worcester-area colleges and universities will undergo a restructuring that its leaders said will allow it to strengthen the government-funded programs it oversees to aid middle and high school students as well as low-income adults.
The Worcester area's unemployment rate ticked down a tenth of a point in January to 8 percent over the year, the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development said.
The 82-year-old Higgins Armory Museum, citing financial challenges, will close at the end of this year and transfer its unique collection of arms and armor – much of it from the Medieval era – across town to the Worcester Art Museum.