photo of a blood pressure screening
April 9, 2016
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Nursing Students Perform Screenings for Local Communities

Registered nurses who are students in Worcester State University's  RN-to-BS and RN-to-MS nursing programs recently partnered with Bay State Savings Bank to celebrate National Public Health . . .

TestMyBrain
March 23, 2016
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TestMyBrain Makes Tests—and Research—a Little More Fun for All

As the old saying goes, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” But what causes the beholder to decide who is beautiful and who is not? Dr. Jeremy Wilmer has studied this topic with a little . . .

Cornel West at Worcester State in 2008
March 16, 2016
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Cornel West to Speak About the 'American Dream Reimagined'

Author and scholar Dr. Cornel West will speak at Worcester State University, on Wednesday, March 30 at 10:30 a.m. in the May Street Building (formerly Temple Emanuel). The lecture, “The American . . .

Worcester State University Translation Center Director Antonio Guijarro-Donadiós, Ph.D.
March 15, 2016
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New Translation Center Aims to Help Students and the Community

Although its location may only exist on the web right now—and occasionally his office—Antonio Guijarro-Donadiós, Ph.D., has big plans and high hopes as the director of WSU’s new Translation . . .

Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Karyn E. Polito
March 10, 2016
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Lieutenant Governor Polito to Address Worcester State Graduates

Worcester State University will hold its undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at 10 a.m. at the DCU Center in Worcester. Graduating students and their families will hear . . .

Deicy Carolina Muñoz-Agudelo gives the lecture
February 25, 2016
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Worcester State IELI Student Explains Why Chocolate Needs Bugs

What is chocolate to you? A sweet treat? A mood booster? A perfect partner for peanut butter? In a recent talk in the Blue Lounge titled “Good Bugs, Bad Bugs, and Chocolate,” Deicy Carolina . . .

WSU student Olivia Christy with her work, Sibling Rivalry, at Arts Worcester College Show
February 22, 2016
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Two WSU Students Win Prizes in Arts Worcester's College Show

Arts Worcester kicked off its 12th annual College Show in early February and awarded prizes to nine students, two of which attend Worcester State University. The provocative show displays some of the . . .

Worcester State University English Professor Sharon Yang
February 19, 2016
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Yang Publishes New Novel, 'Bait and Switch'

After 36-years, Sharon Yang’s (English) first novel Bait and Switch, is finally on the book shelves. Released in December by Touchpoint Press, it is the result of patience and a dream that never . . .

Kevin Powell speaks at Worcester State University
February 11, 2016
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Powell: Reading, Like Eating, Is Essential to Living

Before beginning his lecture, author and activist Kevin Powell encouraged the standing-room-only crowd that included visiting Worcester public high school students and Worcester State . . .

February 9, 2016
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Young Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Submit StartUp Worcester Applications

Imagine Worcester as a home to a plethora of successful businesses, both big and small, thriving economically and attracting talented students and alumni from Worcester-area colleges. Such is the . . .

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