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6 Worcester Business Journal | April 3, 2017 | wbjournal.com B R I E F S Globoforce opens new Framingham HQ Software company Globoforce has opened its new 55,000-square-foot Framingham headquarters after a move from Southborough. The 20-year-old company moved into 200 Crossing Boulevard, where it holds 200 employees and has room for future expansion. It is near the headquarters of Staples and Bose, among other notable Framingham companies. WPI team grows human tissue on a leaf A team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has grown heart tissue attached to spinach leaves, which researchers said overcomes a key challenge in human tis- sue regeneration. Bioengineering technology today can't duplicate human tissue's network of blood vessels needed to deliver oxygen and nutrients needed for tissue growth. "With all of that in mind, we looked for inspiration from the plant kingdom," they wrote in the study. T H E T I C K E R $1million Donation given to Nichols College in Dudley from alumnus and trustees chairman John Davis, which will go toward student scholarships. Source: Nichols College 54 years Source: Southwick's Zoo The average salary for adjunct professors at Worcester's Clark University, among the best of 300 colleges polled, helping the school to a 10th-best ranking for adjuncts to work nationally. $8,121 Source: Goodcall.com Questions? Frustrations? Problems? with your Coverage, Agent, or Insurance Company? CONTACT US TODAY! 800-922-8381 www.gaudette-insurance.com We know the insurance needs of manufacturers Kimberly Walsh, CIC knows the insurance needs of manufacturers and her background in Workers Compensation separates her from the Pack Price paid for an undeveloped eight-acre site on at 384 Southwest Cutoff in south Worcester. The property, sold to Joseph Shay Jr., is across from manufacturer Howard Glass. $575,000 Source: Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates Continued from previous page Restaurant owner indicted on drug charges The owner of Worcester restaurants The Usual and The Blackstone Tap has been indicted on charges he used more than $1 million in drug money to buy nine properties in Worcester County. Kevin Perry, a 43-year-old Worcester resident, was arrested March 20 and charged with money laundering, aggra- vated cash structuring, making a false statement on a loan application and dis- tribution of fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston. The Usual opened last year. Perry also took ownership of The Blackstone Tap last year. Time passed since Southwick's Zoo in Mendon last updated its logo, which it did with a new rebranding for this year when it opens on April 8. The Usual sandwich shop on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester