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WORCESTER - University of Massachusetts President Martin Meehan noted that in-state enrollment at the state’s elite private colleges has been declining for 30 years. Before giving a talk at the Worcester Economic Club’s 554th meeting Wednesday night at the...

WORCESTER - Despite a host of challenges America faces on the world stage, there is no reason not to remain hopeful about the country’s future, former ambassador R. Nicholas Burns said Wednesday before an address to the Worcester Economic Club. Mr. Burns,...

WORCESTER - Author and historian Leslie Berlin said her career choice affords her the privilege of not having to predict the future, but noted that public pushback bubbling up against tech giants such as Facebook has happened before. Ms. Berlin, project historian for...

WORCESTER - Michael P. Daly said he believes culture is probably the most important aspect of the long-term viability and profitability of any company. Mr. Daly, CEO of Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc., the Pittsfield-based bank that last year bought the parent company of...

WORCESTER - When its potential is fully realized, Bruce Fenton says, blockchain technology will be considered as revolutionary an invention as the internet and the printing press. “A lot of people don’t think about things like what is money, and how does the economy...