Economic experts say reskilling is needed as a result of the pandemic, as companies lose profits and experience layoffs due to deglobalization, digitization, and corporate consolidations.
Almost 15 years since Worcester was deemed a Gateway City, it is of value to take a pulse on the impact of development in that time and how it has influenced the fabric of the city.
With Mimi Sheller of Philadelphia’s Drexel University just named incoming dean, The Global School at Worcester Polytechnic University has launched as a formalizing and furthering of something the university has done all along: global projects.Â
Worcester’s restaurant scene may soon be able to take permanent advantage of the expanded capacity and increased amenity offered by outdoor dining, as the pandemic-induced provision will continue beyond the lifting of the Massachusetts’ state of emergency on June 15.
If there’s a healthcare equivalent of the tech startup cliche of starting a business out of someone’s garage, that’s about exactly what Dr. Sean Lordan did.