At Worcester State, students engage with faculty to perform cutting-edge, transformative research that serves to advance the world we live in – our community, state, nation, and beyond. The University values the curiosity and drive which leads students to explore a topic of academic interest through research.
We recognize the importance of reinforcing student learning with experiences outside the classroom. Each year, Worcester State recognizes the accomplishments of hundreds of our scholars and researchers at the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity, and our Faculty Showcase.
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Inquiries for external research initiatives
Office of Grants & Sponsored Research
Division of University Advancement
Shaughnessy Administration Building
2nd Floor – Room A-231Dr. Nicole Scott
Director for the Office of Grants & Sponsored Research
nscott1@worcester.edu
508-929-8872Inquiries for internal research initiatives
Dr. Henry Theriault
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
htheriault@worcester.edu
508-929-8938Celebration of Scholarship & Creativity / Faculty Showcase
Dr. Henry Theriault
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
htheriault@worcester.edu
508-929-8938Research Integrity Officer (RIO)
Dr. Allison Dunn
adunn@worcester.edu
508-929-8641Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Dr. Robert Brooks
rbrooks@worcester.edu
508-929-8974Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Dr. Randall L. Tracy
rtracy@worcester.edu
508-929-8611
Academic Innovation
New partnership with The Worcester Guardian bolsters student opportunities, local journalism
Worcester State University is partnering with The Worcester Guardian, the city’s non-profit, independent news organization, to create student internships, strengthen the university’s growing journalism program, and expand local news coverage. The new agreement is a journalism first for the city’s only public four-year university and the media enterprise that is filling a void in the […]
Feminist author and scholar Cynthia Enloe to deliver lecture on feminism during war
In honor of International Women’s Day, Worcester State will welcome professor, author, and feminist Cynthia Enloe for a lecture on Monday, April 22. Her talk, “Feminists Everywhere Stay Active While the Bombs are Falling,” will take place at 12:30 p.m. in the Blue Lounge in the Student Center and will examine how women’s advocates are […]
Shared Scholarship Series highlights research on food insecurity and water pollution
The Shared Scholarship Series resumed for its tenth year on Friday, January 26, with presentations by Danielle Morales, assistant professor in the Urban Studies Department, and Laura Reynolds, assistant professor in the Earth, Environment, and Physics Department. Morales started the event by presenting her initial research on “The Mental Cost of Food Insecurity among LGBTQ+ […]
Worcester State nursing program earns No. 1 ranking in Massachusetts
Worcester State University’s Lillian R. Goodman Department of Nursing has once again topped RegisteredNursing.org’s ranking of 20 nursing schools in Massachusetts. The 2024 ranking analyzed the 2017-2021 pass rates on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for registered nurses, the test all nurses must pass to be licensed. School pass rates were averaged together and […]
Two professors awarded 2024 North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship
Two Worcester State professors from Business Administration and Earth, Environment and Physics have been selected by the New England Board of Higher Education as faculty fellows for the 2024 North Star Collective. Nabin Malakar, associate professor and physicist, and Kaushik Mukherjee, assistant professor of management, are among 31 ALANA/BIPOC (African, Latine, Asian, Native American and/or […]
Ilyasah Shabazz shares insights and connects with students at book club
Ilyasah Shabazz was only three years old when her father, Malcolm X, was assassinated. It wasn’t until she started college, she says, that she fully realized her father’s lasting impact when she was being chased by classmates who wanted to meet the daughter of the civil rights leader. All these people she met, she says, […]
Ilyasah Shabazz cites the power of love in inaugural book club event
Ilyasah Shabazz’s mother Dr. Betty Shabazz experienced almost unbearable grief after the assassination of her husband, Malcolm X, but she didn’t let that pain close her heart. Instead, she taught Shabazz and her five sisters the enduring importance of love. “I’m so grateful to know what love is and to be the recipient of her […]
Students present modern take on “The Importance of Being Earnest” Nov. 16-19
Worcester State University’s Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Department stages Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, a treasured comedy that is celebrated as one of the wittiest plays in the English language, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, in Fuller Theater, located on the second floor of the Administration Building. The show continues […]