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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.
This innovative approach to additive manufacturing, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), aims to ensure that essential components can be produced even in the most ...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) celebrated its 2025 Commencement with a series of ceremonies honoring the achievements of graduates across all degree levels. For the second year, commencement ...
To clean up hazardous space debris orbiting the Earth, a group of students that includes Jackie Edwards ’25 is developing technology that would use special satellites to track and capture ...
In early October, students in the fire protection engineering department ’s undergraduate course “Fire Laboratory,” taught by assistant professor James Urban, participated in the hands-on culmination ...
Getting an early start in a field can shape a person’s path in life. That’s the premise of MeDHigh, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) summer program that hosted seven high school students from ...
Worcester, MA—June 13, 2024—Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been awarded funding from the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs that will allow for ...
On April 20, WPI’s Concert Band shined a spotlight on “The Worcester Whirlwind,” as Taylor was known, when it performed a world premiere musical composition titled The Ride.The piece was inspired by ...
A chemical engineering professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received an $800,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study the recovery of critical minerals like uranium from ...
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