Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Colleges in Central Massachusetts are due to receive an estimated $100 million among them under the latest federal pandemic aid program.

In 2007, Worcester Polytechnic Institute stopped requiring SAT or ACT scores in its admissions process. Now, it won't consider them at all.

On Jan. 1, Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumna Debora Jackson took over as dean of its Foisie Business School. A member of WPI’s board of trustees and experienced in STEM and business professions, Jackson brought a new level of diversity to the role: her background in seminary.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute research effort that's looking into potential tuberculosis treatments has been given a federal grant of nearly $435,000.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has won a $3-million grant from the National Science Foundation to start a graduate program aimed at helping to create more environmentally sustainable communities.

Parents of students at MCPHS University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute take out the most loans to pay for their children's education in Central Massachusetts, according to newly released federal data.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named an alumna, the Rev. Debora Jackson, as the new dean of the Robert A. Foisie Business School, the first woman and person of color to do so.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has moved back the start of its spring semester until late January, citing caution in light of rising coronavirus case numbers.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday became the latest school to put new measures in place limiting campus activities as coronavirus case surge in Worcester and beyond.

Colleges in Worcester are committed to ensuring the health and safety of students and those living off campus, two top city officials are assuring the City Council.