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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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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

WPI Announces Prestigious Two Towers Prize Recipients

The Two Towers Prize is awarded to students who best exemplify a combined proficiency in the theoretical and practical aspects of course work and other activities at WPI.
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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 Class of 1879 Prize Winners

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 Honorable Mentions for 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 President's Interactive Qualifying Project Award Finalists

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

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Fall 2024 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 - Jan 30

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Entrepreneurs Win Prestigious Global Pitch Competition with Innovative Wheelchair Motorization Attachment

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.
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Academic competition - 2024 Nov 7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Complete Intensive Research Projects

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.
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Achievement (Other) - Jan 8

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

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

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 - 2024 Sep 16

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

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Complete Intensive Research Projects

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.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Aug 20

WPI Student Passes the Casualty Actuarial Society Exam 5

Jack is the first WPI student to pass the CAS Exam as an undergraduate.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Aug 5

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 Team Nabs Overall Victory at International Robotic Sailing Competition

A WPI-fielded team won the 16th running of the International Robotic Sailing Regatta, known as "SailBot."
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Academic competition - 2024 Jun 17

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Spring 2024 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 - 2024 Jun 13

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 2024 Arts & Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Announced

The School of Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce the undergraduate students who were selected to receive summer research funding through the Neuroscience Fellowship program. This fellowship was awarded to A&S undergraduate student to conduct summer research projects with a faculty advisor.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 22

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 2024 Arts & Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Announced

The School of Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce the undergraduate students who were selected to receive summer research funding through the Manning/Leser Fellowship program. This fellowship was awarded to A&S undergraduate student to conduct summer research projects with a faculty advisor.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 22

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 2024 Arts & Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Announced

The School of Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce the undergraduate students who were selected to receive summer research funding through the Summer Training in the Arts and Sciences (STAR) Award. This fellowship was awarded to A&S undergraduate student to conduct summer research projects with a faculty advisor.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 22

Local Residents Receive Degrees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 155th Undergraduate Commencement

WPI awarded over 1,100 bachelor's degrees and writer and producer Nancy Pimental provided inspiration as the keynote speaker.
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Graduation - 2024 May 21

Local Residents Receive Degrees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 155th Undergraduate Commencement

WPI awarded nearly 1,100 degrees and and writer and producer Nancy Pimental provided inspiration as the keynote speaker.
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Graduation - 2024 May 21

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Student Recognition Awards 2024 Announced

Each year, divisions and departments across campus recognize outstanding student efforts with the Student Recognition Awards. Recipients are either nominated or applied for consideration for these competitive awards.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 16

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Complete Intensive Research Projects

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.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 10

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Work on Robotic Surgical Instrument Honored at International Conference

Major Qualifying Project team's work on design and kinematic evaluation wins Best Paper Award at symposium in Japan.
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Academic Award - 2024 May 2

WPI Announces Student Honorable Mentions of Prestigious Kranich Prize

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 - 2024 Apr 29
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