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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 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) - 2023 May 18

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Jack Adiletta '25 Awarded Prestigious 2023 Goldwater Scholarship

Jack Adiletta '25 has been named a 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholar one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards of its type in STEM.
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Academic Award - 2023 May 9

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Student Recognition Awards 2023 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) - 2023 Apr 25

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Salisbury Prize Award Winners

A total of 26 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) - 2023 Apr 19

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 - 2023 Apr 19

WPI Announces Student Winner of Prestigious Two Towers Prize

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 - 2023 Apr 19

WPI Announces Student Winner 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 - 2023 Apr 19

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 - 2023 Apr 4

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 - 2023 Mar 7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winners in the 2022 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 - 2023 Mar 7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Fall 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 - 2023 Feb 8

Local Residents Receive Degrees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 153rd Commencement

WPI awarded nearly 1,200 bachelor's degrees and honorees included Massachusetts State Senator Harriette Chandler and Lesley Small Zorabedian '72, the first woman to receive an undergraduate degree from WPI.
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Graduation - 2023 Jan 31

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Fall 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 - 2023 Jan 27

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) - 2023 Jan 3

ODIME Inducts 16 WPI Students into the LSAMP Scholar Program

On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education (ODIME) inducted sixteen (16) WPI undergraduate students into the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholar Program for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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Scholarship - 2022 Dec 14

Sustainability Innovation Challenge Winners Want to Transform Trash to Treasure

A proposal to recycle usable items discarded when students move out of their residence halls won first place and $1,500 in the 2022 WPI Sustainability Innovation Challenge, a week-long series of networking and skills-building seminars that culmina...
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Achievement (Other) - 2022 Dec 14

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Welcomes the Class of 2026

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 - 2022 Sep 9

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) - 2022 Sep 13

Andrew Mesa completed summer internship with HP Inc.

Completed internship project that utilized the Python programming language to develop a code interrogator for security logging to automate the collection of security intrusion information.
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Internship - 2022 Aug 17

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) - 2022 Jun 15

Local Residents Receive Degrees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 153rd Commencement

WPI awarded nearly 1,200 bachelor's degrees and honorees included Massachusetts State Senator Harriette Chandler and Lesley Small Zorabedian '72, the first woman to receive an undergraduate degree from WPI.
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Graduation - 2022 May 17

WPI Students Develop Robotic Technology to Help Workers Sort Trash at Recycling Centers

A team of undergraduate students working with WPI researcher Berk Calli have developed robotic technology to help humans with the dirty and hazardous job of sorting waste at recycling centers.
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Achievement (Other) - 2022 May 6

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces 2022 Provost's MQP Award Winners

The MQP, typically completed in the senior year, is a high-level design or research experience in the student's major field. This award recognizes the academic excellence of these projects.
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Academic Award - 2022 May 12

WPI Announces Student Winner of Prestigious Two Towers Prize

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 - 2022 May 6

WPI Announces Student Honorable Mention of Prestigious Two Towers Prize

The Two Towers Prize is awarded to a student 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 - 2022 May 6

WPI Announces Student Winner 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 - 2022 May 6

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 - 2022 May 6

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces 2022 Salisbury Prize Award Winners

A total of 24 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) - 2022 May 6

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Fall 2021 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 - 2022 Mar 29

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
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