Featuring Deans Debora Jackson and Mimi Sheller
LL: I’m so excited to be here with our two newest deans. The Global School and The Business School are essential to WPI, helping to provide our STEM students with the critical skills that help them...
View ArticleTim Loew, executive director of MassDigi
Tim Loew is executive director of the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute, or MassDigi, which joined WPI earlier this year. Since its founding in 2011, MassDigi has collaborated on the launch of...
View ArticleA Personal Journey Uncovers a Love of Teaching
After two car accidents left him with unrelenting back pain, Arnold Lee ’98 grew frustrated with traditional Western medical practitioners, who either dismissed his suffering, or recommended surgery...
View ArticleBuilding a Marketplace for College Artists
Matteo Cugno ’22 enjoys the creative thrill of building something from scratch. As a kid, that meant constructing giant snow forts in his front yard, creating intricate designs with his Lego...
View ArticleSense of Place: Back in Action
After a year of pandemic-induced silence, Alumni Stadium awakened with a roar of activity this fall, a sure sign that campus life was returning to something close to normal. Varsity athletes dusted...
View ArticleAsk the Archivist: Rockwood Sprinkler Company
When it was acquired by Gamewell Company in 1930, the Rockwood Sprinkler Company of Worcester employed more than 325 individuals with annual sales of $1.5 million (about $25 million in today’s...
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In-person Projects Return to Acadia National Park
Back in grade school, some teachers would start off the academic year with a writing prompt, asking students what they did during their summer vacations. While WPI students have long since wrapped up...
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Stimulating Innovation
Listen to the article (17 minutes) Your browser does not support the audio element. Tune into the entrepreneurial subculture at WPI and you’ll discover innovators with a bevy of ideas focused on...
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A Space Dream Realized
Listen to the article (9 minutes) Your browser does not support the audio element. The college essay. It’s a place for teenagers to lay it all on the line, to share passions, achievements, and goals...
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Charting the Unknown
Listen to the article (11 minutes) Your browser does not support the audio element. Manasi Vartak ’10 doesn’t shy away from the unknown. Now CEO and founder of AI start-up Verta, she came to WPI...
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