Good morning, Worcester.

Free community college boosted enrollment 43.5% since fall 2022, bringing Massachusetts community college headcount to about 89,464 this fall, state data presented Oct.

20 shows. Quinsigamond reported nearly 9,000 students in fall 2025, its highest total since 2012.

Worcester State held Massachusetts STEM Week last week with solar observations, chemical tie-dye, interactive robotics, and a student research showcase in the Ghosh Science and Technology Building aimed at making STEM more accessible and connecting students with faculty and career workshops.

At an Oct. 26 forum, teachers and students opposed moving University Park Campus School after planners suggested sharing a building with Claremont; Worcester Public Schools says it will not close UPCS and will release new realignment scenarios in November before a December vote.

DPH barred RegalCare at Worcester from new admissions after an Oct.

14 “immediate jeopardy” finding tied to a resident with dementia leaving a locked unit and being found hours later, and the department moved Oct. 13 to seek revocation of owner Eli Mirlis' licenses for 12 nursing homes (12 homes).