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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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 […]
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 […]
After nearly 30 years in the field of cybersecurity, Criminal Justice Professor Mark Beaudry, CPP felt something was missing in the literature. That something was a text focused on the techniques and motivations of cybercriminals. Understanding these things, he says, would help companies better understand the tools they need to defend against attacks. Dr. Beaudry […]
Several times throughout his 2018 film, Hailing Cesar, director Eduardo Chavez meets Latinos in California who embrace him when they learn that his grandfather was labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. After one of these encounters, Eduardo muses, “People say they know my dad’s side of the family even though they’ve never met […]
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the 2023 Donor Impact Statement, “Supporting the Whole Student,” published in September. The annual publication highlights the impact of philanthropic support at the university. Rosen Cancer Awareness Fund provides undergraduates with valuable biology lab skills. The work of two Worcester State researchers may someday help lead to a […]
At the start of Unity Day 2023, students gathered around a blank mural canvas and two bare, handmade trees within feet of each other at the Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery. Spread out at their fingertips were charcoal sticks, a kaleidoscope of paints and brushes, unfinished wooden ornaments, rolls of yarn and pipe cleaners, fuzzy bells […]
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the 2023 Donor Impact Statement, “Supporting the Whole Student,” published in September. The annual publication highlights the impact of philanthropic support at the university. A group of local high school students made a splash at Worcester State this summer in a special STEM program that focused on water. […]
Three-quarters of college and university faculty members in the United States are white, a daunting statistic for ALANA/BIPOC graduate students aiming for an academic career. This summer, Worcester State worked to address this disparity through a new Graduate Fellows Program that is part of a Massachusetts Department of Higher Education pilot. The 10-week program, known […]
