Startups

Washington tech giant Microsoft brought its pilot program to the club this spring to introduce dozens of members ages 10 to 17 to computer tools for learning about STEAM fields.

Donna Levin, the co-founder of online babysitting and nannying service Care.com, has been named to the newly created position of executive director of innovation and entrepreneurship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Pharmaceutical law expert Jeffrey Wiesen has been appointed to the board of directors for Southborough-based Amorsa Therapeutics, the neuropharmaceutical firm announced Friday.

Creative Hub Worcester co-founders Stacy Lord and Laura Marotta are $850,000 away from reaching their fundraising goal and start construction on a new arts and events center.

On July 1, Massachusetts will open the doors to its newest industry: Retail weed.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute student Panagiotis Argyrakis' background as DJ, and his passion for music drove him to an innovative solution: an automated party lighting system.

The Worcester CleanTech Incubator has been awarded a $120,000 grant and has launched a partnership with Cambridge marketing firm Hubspot for Startups, the organization announced Monday.

Slowey/McManus Communications, a strategic communications firm based in Boston, has opened a small Worcester office in an effort to branch out to clients in Central Massachusetts.

A company that grows marijuana in Milford and processes pot plans to launch a small-business accelerator program that it is billing as the first in the nation.

As piercing and tattoos have become more mainstream, Marc Williams' relocated his Piercing Emporium & Tattoo to a unique copper-colored building on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester.