What defines WPI? Learning and research with a purpose, as these stories show:
Every day, in areas such as health care, energy, and education, WPI faculty and students collaborate across disciplines to solve some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Lehr und Kunst. German for Theory and Practice, it's WPI's founding motto and the principle that still underlies our academic programs today. In class, in projects, and in research, students and faculty put knowledge into action to make the world better.
Frank Hoy Installed as WPI's First Paul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
An internationally known authority on entrepreneurship, Hoy has held endowed chairs at two universities and published more than seven books and 130 articles and papers >
WPI Researchers Take Aim at Hard-to-Treat Fungal Infections
WPI team develops a new way to study fungal infections and screen potential drug targets for conditions like thrush, athlete's foot and vaginal yeast infections, which affect millions of people but are difficult to treat with existing medications. >
WPI to Host Mathematics Day for Middle and High School Girls
Mathematics Day is designed to encourage middle and high school girls to continue their study of mathematics. >
Engineering Health Care: New Center at WPI to Study Medical Systems and Processes
Worcester Polytechnic Institute launches the Center for eHealth Innovation and Process Transformation (CeHIPT), to integrate research in technology, engineering, management and process development to help health care organizations realize improvements in patient care and institutional efficiency. >
Update: 2009-2010 Flu Season at WPI
WPI is working to help keep our students, faculty, and staff stay safe and healthy during the 2009-2010 flu season through proper prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. >
Robotics Teams Featuring WPI Students, Alumni Sweep Top 3 Prizes in 2009 NASA Lunar Excavation Challenge
Paul Ventimiglia, a WPI undergraduate robotics engineering major, led his team, Paul's Robotics, to a first-place, $500,000 victory at the Oct. 17-18, 2009 NASA Regolith Excavation Challenge. >
