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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 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. Recognized by the National Academy of Engineering with the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, WPI's pioneering project-based curriculum engages undergraduates in solving important scientific, technological, and societal problems throughout their education and at more than 50 project centers around the world. WPI offers more than 70 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs across 18 academic departments in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts. Its faculty and students pursue groundbreaking research to meet ongoing challenges in health and biotechnology; robotics and the internet of things; advanced materials and manufacturing; cyber, data, and security systems; learning science; and more. www.wpi.ed

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 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. Recognized by the National Academy of Engineering with the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, WPI's pioneering project-based curriculum engages undergraduates in solving important scientific, technological, and societal problems throughout their education and at more than 50 project centers around the world. WPI offers more than 70 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs across 18 academic departments in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts. Its faculty and students pursue groundbreaking research to meet ongoing challenges in health and biotechnology; robotics and the internet of things; advanced materials and manufacturing; cyber, data, and security systems; learning science; and more. www.wpi.ed

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Students to Graduate May 16 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester Polytechnic Institute highlights the achievements of its graduating students.
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Graduation - May 9

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Salisbury Prize Award Winners

A total of 23 undergraduate students, out of a class of more than 1,200, were nominated by WPI faculty to receive this award.
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Achievement (Other) - May 7

WPI Announces Prestigious Kranich Prize Recipients

The Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize is awarded annually to the WPI student who best exemplifies excellence in the humanities and arts and its full integration into his/her undergraduate experiences.
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Academic Award - May 7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Class of 1879 Prize Honorable Mentions

The Class of 1879 Prize is awarded by the Humanities and Arts Department yearly for excellent work in the culminating project for the Humanities & Arts Requirement.
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Academic competition - Apr 8

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winners in the 2024 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
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President's List - Feb 14

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Spring 2022 Dean's List

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.
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Dean's List - Feb 4

ODIME Inducts 35 WPI Students into the LSAMP Scholar Program

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.
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Scholarship - 2024 Oct 22

WPI Student Receives Award for Internship

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.
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Internship - 2024 Oct 25

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Welcomes the Class of 2028

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.
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Enrollment - 2024 Sep 16

WPI Announces the 2023 Great Problems Seminar Winners: Innovations and Solutions Addressing Global Challenges

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.
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Student Excellence - 2024 Jul 16

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Part of Research Team Scoping Venus's Atmosphere for Building Blocks of Life

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.
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Research / Grant - 2024 Jan 23

WPI student Tessa Lytle competes at World Synchronized Skating Championship

Worcester Polytechnic Institute student, Tessa Lytle, is on the synchronized skating team, The Haydenettes, who recently placed 5th in the World Championships.
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Sports - 2023 May 25

Best Poster Award

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).
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Symposium - 2023 Sep 12

Megan Desanty selected as Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow for 2022-2023

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.
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Student Competition - 2022 Apr 21

Students Inducted into WPI Chapter of Business School Honor Society

The WPI Business School is proud to announce its student inductees into the honor society Alpha Pi Mu.
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Honor Society - 2021 Jun 25

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Gompei's Goat Cheese Team Overcomes COVID-19 Challenges

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.
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Business/professional - 2021 Apr 16
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