Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

WPI and MCPHS Expand Longstanding Partnership with New Degree Pathways

The expanded partnership promotes collaborations of mutual interest and benefit and formalizes a series of articulated degree ...
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WPI Researchers Send Experiment to Space Aboard Blue Origin Spacecraft

Heat-transfer technology from Jamal Yagoobi’s lab could effectively and non-mechanically cool electronics on spaceships and ...
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WPI Faculty Awarded $600,000 Carnegie Corporation Grant for “Mapping Global China”

WPI faculty members Jennifer Rudolph, historian of modern China and professor in humanities and arts, and Lane Harrison, data ...
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27 Hackfeld Road

Just minutes from the Quad, 27 Hackfeld Road is the home of Military Science and the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). The Military Science classroom and supply room are located in the ...
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Early Research Finds Extracts from Sweet Wormwood Plant Can Inhibit the COVID-19 Virus

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 ...
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Hendrix and Woodstock: 10 Little-Known Facts about the Performance That Defined the '60s

WPI Professor and Hendrix Scholar Joel Brattin Recalls What Made the 1969 Woodstock Appearance a Unique Moment in the Career of the Legendary Guitarist On Aug. 18, 1969, legendary guitarist Jimi ...
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Industrial Engineering

WPI’s Industrial Engineering Program prepares undergraduate students to pursue careers focused on optimizing systems, driving impact, and creating value in a lucrative growing field. Since our ...
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WPI Researchers Show Bamboo Can Be Converted Into Fuel

Could one of the fastest growing plants on earth offer a solution to some countries’ reliance on gasoline? A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and around the globe has ...
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WPI Team Grows Heart Tissue on Spinach Leaves

Researchers turn to the vascular system of plants to solve a major bioengineering problem blocking the regeneration of human tissues and organs. Researchers face a fundamental challenge as they seek ...
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The National Academy of Engineering Recognizes WPI

The National Academy of Engineering Recognizes “The WPI Plan” and Four WPI Faculty with the Prestigious 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education The National ...
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WPI Alumni Survey Confirms Value of Project-Based Learning in Higher Education

Worcester, Mass. – More than fifty years after Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) revolutionized its undergraduate engineering education, data from a recent alumni survey prove that working on ...
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WPI Attains Designation as an R1 Research University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been designated an R1 institution and joined the ranks of the nation’s top-tier research institutions in a new classification of American colleges and ...