August 2018

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) has been ranked #1 Most Transformative College for 2018-19 by Money. Money evaluated colleges and universities based on their own exclusive value-added scores for graduation rates, earnings, and student loan repayment. The publication eliminated schools with any negative scores or a graduation rate below 50%. The editors of the […]

Wentworth Institute of Technology—under President Zorica Pantić—has been named one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses for 2018 by The Commonwealth Institute (TCI) and The Boston Globe Magazine. To create its Top-100 list, TCI considers revenue or operating budget and other factors, including the numbers of full-time employees in the state, workplace and management diversity, and

More than 200 professionals engaged in the educational and healthcare ministries of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur around the globe gathered on Emmanuel College’s Fenway campus from July 25–July 28 for Networking for Mission III. Attendees from 10 countries—including Belgium, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, DR Congo and the United Kingdom—and

In May, Simmons College announced that it will become Simmons University effective September 1, 2018, and will introduce a new academic structure, including four new colleges led by four recently appointed deans. The announcement is the culmination of a strategic planning and visioning process begun in 2011. “The hard work we’ve been doing on our academic

What happens when a growing niche subculture like the maker community begins to gain popularity among the masses? It gets a TV show, of course. And for this community — which is essentially made up of super-advanced DIY creatives and artists — that show is NBC’s Making It.   The show, which premiered on July 31 at 10