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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Featured in University's Podcast

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:29:33 -0500

In the episode titled "Money Behavior and Personal Finance," Aedan Bingham discussed his research on what college students know and want to know about personal finance.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winners in the 2025 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:13:52 -0500

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

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Finalists for the 2025 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:11:58 -0500

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

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Fall 2025 Dean's List

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:05:28 -0500

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 Student Named Rising Star and Outstanding Collegiate Member Award Winner

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:10:34 -0500

Madalyn Nguyen has earned distinguished recognition from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) as the recipient of both the Rising Collegiate Star Award (2024) and the Outstanding Collegiate Member Award (2025).

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Complete Intensive Research Projects

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:21:44 -0500

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.

WPI Inducts Members of Tau Beta Pi

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:46:32 -0500

WPI students were inducted into the national engineering honor society.

Kang Zhang contributes to two peer-reviewed journal articles

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:18:35 -0500

Kang Zhang conducts medical robotics research in the COMET lab at WPI. His work contributed to two peer-reviewed journal articles this semester: In the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, he co-authored a paper introducing a Finite El...

Christopher Pacheco contributes to peer-reviewed journal article

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:17:00 -0500

In the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, Chris co-authored a paper introducing a Finite Element Method-based physics engine for simulating thermal laser-tissue interactions, validated through benchtop experiments to enable realistic surgica...

WPI team wins the 2025 ASM Strong Bar Competition

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:37:08 -0500

Organized by the ASM International, the Strong Bar Competition requires the contestants to design a heat treatment for a given steel grade to achieve the highest possible bend strength. This year's steel was SAE-9254 spring steel. A Wor...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Present at Research Poster Presentation

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:11:21 -0500

Worcester Polytechnic Institute students participated in the Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation Session in Memphis, TN.

Student discusses engineering work in Ecuador on episode of Worcester Polytechnic Institute podcast

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:18:24 -0500

A group of Worcester Polytechnic Institute students completed a trip in May to Ecuador. The members of WPI's chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA worked with local residents to upgrade an aging community water system. Their trip is the subj...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Complete Intensive Research Projects

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:01:38 -0400

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.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Welcomes the Class of 2029

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:19:28 -0400

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...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Spring 2025 Dean's List

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:24:34 -0400

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Complete Intensive Research Projects

Thu, 29 May 2025 17:26:14 -0400

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.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Complete Intensive Capstone Research Projects

Thu, 29 May 2025 15:52:18 -0400

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.

Local Residents Receive Degrees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 156th Undergraduate Commencement

Tue, 27 May 2025 16:18:58 -0400

WPI awarded nearly 1,300 bachelor's degrees and Levi's CEO Michelle Gass '90 and inventor and entrepreneur Noubar Afeyan provided guidance and inspiration.

Local Residents Receive Degrees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 156th Undergraduate Commencement

Tue, 27 May 2025 16:12:40 -0400

WPI awarded nearly 1,300 degrees and and Levi's CEO Michelle Gass '90 and inventor and entrepreneur Noubar Afeyan provided guidance and inspiration.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 2025 Arts & Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Announced

Fri, 16 May 2025 12:44:34 -0400

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's School of Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce the undergraduate students who were selected to receive summer research funding. These fellowships were awarded to A&S undergraduate students to conduct ...

Students to Graduate May 16 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Fri, 09 May 2025 14:53:12 -0400

Worcester Polytechnic Institute highlights the achievements of its graduating students.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Salisbury Prize Award Winners

Wed, 07 May 2025 17:35:11 -0400

A total of 23 undergraduate students, out of a class of more than 1,200, were nominated by WPI faculty to receive this award.

WPI Announces Prestigious Kranich Prize Recipients

Wed, 07 May 2025 17:16:35 -0400

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.

WPI Announces Prestigious Two Towers Prize Recipients

Wed, 07 May 2025 16:54:03 -0400

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.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Class of 1879 Prize Honorable Mentions

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:59:18 -0400

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.