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🔒Hiring WPI’s global dean marks milestone in international projects program

With Mimi Sheller of Philadelphia’s Drexel University just named incoming dean, The Global School at Worcester Polytechnic University has launched as a formalizing and furthering of something the university has done all along: global projects. 

🔒Worcester’s colleges have fostered a startup ecosystem to help students become business owners

When Becker College in Worcester announced it will be closing its doors in August, the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute had a big question to answer. The statewide center for video game entrepreneurship, known as MassDiGi, had been based at the college since its start a decade ago. Where would it go now?

Holy Cross, WPI, Clark join colleges requiring COVID vaccines for fall semester

Students, faculty and staff wanting to participate in upcoming semesters must now be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at Worcester schools the College of the Holy Cross, Clark University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

A third of WBJ Power 50 have manufacturing ties

In Worcester Business Journal's annual list of the most influential people in the Central Massachusetts economy, the Power 50, one-third of those listed have ties to the manufacturing industry.
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WPI professor researching natural COVID-19 therapy

A team of researchers including Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biology Professor Pamela Weathers has found that extracts from a medicinal herb known as sweet wormwood can inhibit the COVID-19 virus and two of its recent variants.

WPI officially lands MassDiGI gaming center

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will take over the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute after Becker College, MassDiGI's host, closes following the end of the spring semester.

WPI ranked state’s fifth best value

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is the fifth best value of any college in Massachusetts, according to a ranking weighing financial aid and graduates' average starting salary.

WPI launches new cyber security master’s program

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is launching a master’s degree program in cybersecurity, the school announced on Tuesday.
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🔒Movers & Shakers for April 12, 2021

People are on the move at Summit ElderCare, Cornerstone Bank, Quinsigamond Community College and more.

🔒Central Mass. colleges leading test-blind trend, as they seek to diversify student bodies

Colleges generally no longer see the SAT or ACT as necessary for gauging whether a student will be successful at their schools. In fact, many find such tests to only reinforce built-in advantages some students – largely wealthy ones – enjoy before they ever get to college.
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