Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a purpose-driven community of educators and researchers, has been the global leader in project-based learning for 50 years. An impact maker for higher education and the world, WPI prepares confident, competent problem solvers with a project-based curriculum that immerses students in authentic, real-world experiences.
(see more)Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a purpose-driven community of educators and researchers, has been the global leader in project-based learning for 50 years. An impact maker for higher education and the world, WPI prepares confident, competent problem solvers with a project-based curriculum that immerses students in authentic, real-world experiences.
UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski III Delivers Keynote
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2019 Jun 5
WPI awards 1,019 bachelor's degrees to the Class of 2019 and honors Gordon Hargrove, executive director of Friendly House in Worcester
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2019 Jun 5
The keynote address was given by Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream, and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.
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2018 May 24
This year's graduate address was given by Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the first woman to serve in this role.
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2018 May 24
The keynote address was given by Deborah Wince-Smith, president and CEO of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness.
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2017 May 25
This year's undergraduate address was given by Rodney Brooks, chairman and chief technology officer of Rethink Robotics.
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2017 May 25
This year's undergraduate address was given by Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization that seeks to equip girls in grades 6 through 12 with computing skills and help close the gender gap in technology.
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2016 Jun 14
France Cordova, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), addressed the graduating class and received an honorary doctor of science degree.
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2016 Jun 14
The largest graduating class in WPI's history, 1,680 students, received their degrees beneath a large, billowing tent that shielded graduates and well-wishers from the sun that occasionally peeked from behind generally cloudy skies. In all, the Institute awarded 956 bachelor's degrees, 682 master's degrees, and 42 PhDs during its 147th Commencement exercises.
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2015 Jun 5
A total of 1,193 degrees (794 bachelor's degrees, 381 master's, and 18 PhDs) were awarded during the university's commencement ceremony on May 17, 2014, which took place outdoors on the WPI quadrangle. Additionally, 381 degrees were awarded earlier this academic year.
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2014 Jun 20
The following local residents recently graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
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2013 Jun 6
The following local residents recently graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
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2013 Jun 6
The following local residents graduated May 12 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
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2012 Jun 12
The following local residents graduated May 14 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
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2011 May 25
The following local residents graduated May 15 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI):
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2010 May 27
The following local residents graduated May 16 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
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2009 May 20