The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has recognized two WPI faculty members as recipients of ...

Nationally recognized University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholar and NSF division director to lead WPI’s largest school.

Veteran higher education attorney brings deep experience and trusted leadership to the university’s top legal role.

I am pleased to share that WPI has been designated an R1 institution, the top tier for U.S. research colleges and universities, in new classifications announced last week by the American Council on ...

Dear Staff Colleagues, We have officially launched the 2025 Staff Performance Review Process, covering the period from June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. You will soon receive a task in your Workday ...

Theory. Practice. Impact. At WPI, students are involved in engineering projects and research from the very beginning. Our pioneering project-based learning approach means our undergraduate and ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), a purpose-driven community of educators and researchers, has been the global leader in project-based STEM education for over 50 years. Making an impact on higher ...

Professor Rissmiller has served in a number of leadership positions associated with WPI's global studies, including most recently as The Global School dean, ad interim. He also teaches government, law ...

A team of researchers that includes Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biology Professor Pamela Weathers has found that extracts from the leaves of the Artemisia annua plant, a medicinal herb also known ...

Concrete is a significant contributor to CO2 emissions, greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. According to a 2018 report from the Chatham House, a policy institute headquartered in ...

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher is developing a new class of medical adhesives by bringing together hydrogels and glue-like polymers to safely and reliably connect human tissues to ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced today that, following an international search, Mimi Sheller, PhD, head of the department of sociology at Drexel University and a distinguished and ...