Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Technotonin Industries, a team of three young STEM students- including two from WPI-has been crowned winner of this year's Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) Global Pitch Competition in Tampa, FL.

Brinkmann Constructors presented an Intern of Excellence award, intended to recognize interns who have exemplified and embraced Brinkmann's core values and have gone above and beyond on their jobsites.

On Wednesday, October 2, 2024 the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education (ODIME) inducted 35 WPI undergraduate students into the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholar Program for the 2024-2025 academic year.

The criteria for the WPI Dean's List differs from most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean's List by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and projects.

WPI, a global leader in project-based learning, is a distinctive, top-tier technological university founded in 1865 on the principle that students learn most effectively by applying the theory learned in the classroom to the practice of solving real-world problems.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue.

This year's Great Problems Seminar (GPS) culminated with the annual Poster Presentation Day on December 11th. This event celebrates students' innovative research on a wide range of solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. This academic year's GPS classes focused on the challenges of Climate Change, Heal the World, Our Unequal World, Recover, Reuse, Recycle, Seeking Sustainability, and Shelter the World.

WPI awarded over 1,100 bachelor's degrees and writer and producer Nancy Pimental provided inspiration as the keynote speaker.

Major Qualifying Project team's work on design and kinematic evaluation wins Best Paper Award at symposium in Japan.

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.

Max Seager is part of team of researchers whose recently published findings suggest that the some of the building blocks of life-here on Earth, at least-might actually be able to survive in Venus's harsh atmosphere.

Camille Williams' paper "Characterization of Microwave Plasma in Electromagnetic Modeling for Processing Applications" won the Student Competition for Best Poster Presentation at the 57th Annual IMPI's Microwave Power Symposium in Denver (June 27-29, 2023).

Worcester Polytechnic Institute student, Tessa Lytle, is on the synchronized skating team, The Haydenettes, who recently placed 5th in the World Championships.

Megan Desanty will be a Newman Civic Fellow for 2022-2023. The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports community-committed students who are changemakers and public problem-solvers at Campus Compact member institutions.

The WPI Business School is proud to announce its student inductees into the honor society Alpha Pi Mu.

Like many other organizations, WPI's Gompei's Goat Cheese (GGC), which began as a student project in 2013, was forced to adjust their business practices in the face of COVID-19.