Technology

Companies with new hires and promotions include Workplace Resource, MassHire Central Regional Workforce Board, Leominster Credit Union, and Bay State Savings Bank.

Westborough supply chain support company Covectra named Gary Miloscia as its new president and CEO, replacing Co-founder Steve Wood, who will transition to serve on the board of directors and as a senior advisor to the management team.

Vaping has been out of the headlines for a while, as the nation’s attention turned to a more urgent respiratory issue known as COVID-19.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Integrated Circuits and System Lab and its director, Ulkuhan Guler, are probing the leading edge of new means to enhance medical care and wellness through microelectronics.

COVID-19 continues to shape the healthcare landscape across Central Massachusetts, as hospitals grapple with soaring costs and staffing shortages.

UMass Chan Medical School professor Dr. David Harlan will be the new director of the JDRF Center of Excellence in New England, effective immediately.

The two businesses Sonny Phengsomphone has started in Central Massachusetts are just part of his immigrant journey.

The National Science Foundation has awarded $2.9 million to Framingham State University, Worcester State University, and Bridgewater State University to create a national model to recruit, retain, and promote cohorts of faculty of color in the STEM fields.

J. Lee Associates, Inc., a Marlborough company providing construction services for the wireless communications industry, has been acquired.

Trivia question: What kitchen task was this device invented by the Hamblin & Russell Manufacturing Co. used for?