Features

Under the guidance of Dr. Nabin Malakar, Worcester State students are tracking air quality, from space to the streets. By Nancy Sheehan While high-tech satellites orbit hundreds of miles above the Earth, a group of students is bringing that data back down to the pavement. Led by Dr. Nabin Malakar, associate professor in the Department […]

Alex Lucier ’25 is the writer, director, and producer of Summer Interlude, a feature film that started as a classroom project during his undergraduate studies and is now making the rounds on the independent festival circuit. We caught up with Lucier to learn more about the film and the partnership with a Worcester State faculty […]

At Worcester State, the future of the internet isn’t just being studied in textbooks—it’s being built by students and alumni.  Working alongside Dr. Weichu (Brian) Xu, Associate Professor of Chemistry, brothers Joshua Fung-A-Fat ’23, MS ’24 and Daniel Fung-A-Fat ’25 are helping to lead a “rare-earth revolution” that could change how the entire world communicates.  […]

The Class of 2026 marks 150 years of Lancer resilience The Class of 2026 occupies a unique space in the history of Worcester State University, serving as a vital bridge between a world transformed by global upheaval and a future defined by intentional connection. Entering higher education at the end of the pandemic, a time […]

Men’s Basketball and Women’s Ice Hockey bring home MASCAC championship wins. Now, they’re chasing a bigger stage—the NCAA Tournament. By Lexi Jones Men’s Basketball Wins Fourth MASCAC Championship In just his second year leading the program, Coach Al Pettway has already guided his team to a conference title and NCAA tournament appearance—and he has no […]

Safa Khan’s deep dive into Pakistani gender economics is now part of the national record. By Nancy Sheehan For many undergraduate students, summer is a time for a break from the rigors of academia. But for Worcester State University student Safa Khan, and Assistant Professor of Economics Abir Bukhatwa, the summer of 2025 was the […]

Students explore DIY magazines as the History & Political Science Department kicks off a new interactive workshop series.  In a small room in the campus library earlier this spring, a group of Worcester State students were creating pocket-sized magazines, the kind of do-it-yourself publications known in many countercultures as “zines.”  The booklets were uniformly six […]

Fueled by a desire to champion his home country of Kenya, Wilson Kiriungi ’10 conquers one of the world’s most famous marathons. By Dave Eisenberg Wilson Kiriungi ’10 was in the hilly town of Iten, Kenya earlier this spring, running harder and further than he ever had before. Some 8,000 feet above sea level at […]

Data shows young Lancer alumni are among the most successful in the state’s public college and university systems. The stories of real graduates bring that data to life. How should post-graduation success be defined?  One way is to go by the data: A recent report by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education revealed Worcester State […]

Published by El BeiSmAn PrESs In her new novel, “Overworked,” Associate Professor of Spanish and author Dr. Naida Saavedra explores the challenges of the immigrant experience through the story of a struggling educator, her family, and even her talking pets, a cat and bird. The story follows Naty, who emigrated to the U.S. from an […]