Finding prices for health care procedures on Massachusetts hospital websites can be a circuitous or frustrating process, despite a 2019 federal law requiring hospitals to make all prices available...

U.S. presidential candidate Bill Weld took a tour of Worcester on Tuesday in advance of the Massachusetts primary election on March 3, talking about the importance of controlling the national debt...

Assumption College in Worcester is building a new 41,000-square-foot health sciences building for its new nursing program and other health studies.

An academic paper has used the $160-million Polar Park in Worcester as one of two examples of the problem of the pro forma model, saying the ballpark will saddle the city government with fiscal...

The Worcester Public Market slated to open this fall in Kelley Square will feature the second location of the Worcester-centric store for clothing, gifts and souvenirs, Worcester Wares.

Researchers at UMass Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital have announced a major breakthrough in ALS research: a therapy that suppresses a harmful gene that causes the nervous system...

Eight women from around Central Massachusetts have earned the honor this year.

Two Worcester colleges have been ranked in the top 10 value colleges in the state by a financial advising website. 

Isabel Tehan, a 2022 graduate of the Boston University master’s program in journalism and former intern at the Philadelphia Business Journal, has been hired by Worcester Business Journal as its...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, led by Laurie Leshin since 2014, tends to nearly always be at the center when people talk about where Worcester colleges shine: drawing more students, spurring...

College of the Holy Cross and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have landed in the top 120 schools nationally in an annual Wall Street Journal ranking released Friday.

A UMass Chan Medical School professor and assistant vice provost for health equity has been elected as president of the American Society for Cell Biology.

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees has appointed Winston Oluwole “Wole” Soboyejo, the college’s provost and senior vice president, as interim president to serve while the college...

Mary Munson, a UMass Chan Medical School professor, is an accomplished scientist and a champion for women in science.

Insurance company Unum, with a significant presence in downtown Worcester, was recognized as being one of the 50 most community-minded U.S. corporations.

Creedon-Linton first started in the family catering business in high school, but today it can seem she practically does it all for Creedon & Co. She started her run up the ladder as an event and...

While we could have afforded an appropriate Worcester home in 2015, the market is out of reach for us in 2022.

UMass Memorial Health on Tuesday announced the launch of its new telehealth program, Hospital at Home, which allows patients to stay at home while receiving hospital-level services.

In 1936, seven white men judged which neighborhoods of Worcester were not viable for real estate financing. Today, as rising costs overburden half of renters in the city, those impacted the most are...

Clark University has named Margo Foreman as permanent vice president and chief officer of diversity, equity and inclusion, the school announced on Tuesday.

The Worcester Regional Research Bureau has named Paul Matthews as its new executive director effective in September.

Nichols College in Dudley will use a $20 million tax-exempt bond from state agency MassDevelopment to build a new four-story, 19,000-square-foot residence hall, as well as cover other renovations and...

The United Way of Central Massachusetts has been awarded $4.5 million, to be dispersed over two years, through the federally funded Afterschool and Out-of-School Time Rebound grant, the nonprofit...

Rev. Debora Jackson has been part of WPI’s administration for nearly a decade, having served on the university board since 2012, but it wasn’t until her appointment to business school dean in January...

From 2010 to 2020, Worcester's population grew at a faster rate than any of the other 10 largest cities in New England, according to the U.S. Census, which released the local community data for the...

Worcester Business Journal on Saturday was named the second best medium-sized business newspaper in the industry, along with being honored for its investigative, feature and breaking news stories at...

Worcester City Manager Eric Batista proposed to delete the Worcester Ballpark Commission and place Polar Park under the purview of the City’s Department of Public Facilities, according to the...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's new healthcare research facility, PracticePoint, offers a place for researchers to fail and start over when they need to, WPI President Laurie Leshin said Tuesday.

The City of Worcester has launched a new program to help triple decker owners and developers rehabilitate properties through funding and guidance.

Nichols College in Dudley announced it will launch a new center to train students in robotic process automation, according to a Dec. 1 press release.

Solvus Global, a technology solutions company founded by two PhD graduates from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a $1.6 million grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to develop a...

After two of his opinion columns were not allowed to be published, Bill Shaner quit GateHouse and started his own Worcester news opinion website.

The City of Worcester has named Joe Robinson as director of veterans services, an office in the City’s Department of Health & Human Services. Robinson is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and will be the...

When Polar Park was first announced in August 2018, Worcester's pay-for-itself plan for it was centered around six proposed buildings from Boston developer Madison Properties. But that development...

Workers at the Planned Parenthood facilities in Worcester and Marlborough, along with workers at two other sites across the state, announced Wednesday their intention to unionize and join 1199SEIU...

JetBlue Airways teased a Wednesday announcement related to the Worcester, but ahead of a midday press conference, direct flights from Worcester Regional Airport to New York City, as well as Fort...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will take over the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute after Becker College, MassDiGI's host, closes following the end of the spring semester.

A team of researchers including Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biology Professor Pamela Weathers has found that extracts from a medicinal herb known as sweet wormwood can inhibit the COVID-19 virus...

Shawn Collins, the executive director of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission called the long-running War on Drugs a failure and marijuana legalization efforts should focus on righting that...

Worcester science museum The EcoTarium announced on Thursday its workers have voted to join the union AFSCME Council 93, over the objections of the museum board.

Massachusetts lags behind 40 other states when it comes to increasing its housing stock, a new report said this week, and the pace of new construction last year was just barely ahead of where it was...

Polar Beverages has agreed to lease nearly 100,000 square feet of space at the former A. Schulman manufacturing plant on Millbrook Street in Worcester.

An advocacy group that's pushed for legislative rules changes it says would boost transparency is touting support for its campaign across other levels of government.

You cannot overstate how much the amount of high-quality, talented, and motivated young professionals is growing in Central Massachusetts, and how they are playing a vital role in the region’s future.

Assumption College will be the exclusive higher education sponsor of the future Worcester Red Sox, the Worcester college and ballclub jointly announced Thursday.

In the wake of the police killing of unarmed Minneapolis man George Floyd and the subsequent protests against institutional racism, Dr. Mark Johnson from UMass Memorial Health Care said Central...