Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the first circuit vacated a decision made by a U.S. District Court judge last year, allowing the ex-wife of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s largest donor to continue pursuing legal options to retrieve funds her late ex-husband allegedly hid before donating them to the Worcester school.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester was awarded a $2.4 million contract from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC to lead a program aimed at developing low-cost, fast-charging batteries for electric vehicles, according to a press release. 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will reopen its campus to students in August, according to a Wednesday announcement from college president Laurie Leshin.

The Worcester Planning Board unanimously approved the definitive site plan for Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s new 384-bed dormitory on Wednesday, and also approved the removal of a portion of Rumford Avenue from the official city map, as part of the project.

As protests continue across America over the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis — including a protest in Worcester on Monday night — the presidents of six Worcester colleges expressed frustration over racial injustice and sympathy for Floyd and protestors while calling for a systematic change in how the country deals with race relations.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers will use a $199,999 National Science Foundation grant to study how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting stress levels among college students, as well as their ability to learn remotely, the school announced on Wednesday. 

The heads of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Westborough healthcare information technology firm eClinicalWorks have been tapped for a Massachusetts advisory board to help shape a reopening of the economy from the coronavirus pandemic.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will begin offering a new master's degree program in business analytics beginning in August to better prepare students for careers handling large volumes of data.

College leaders in Central Massachusetts are grappling with an upturned admissions period and wondering what fall enrollment will look like if students decide they don’t want to travel far for school, or even whether a fall semester would be able to take place on campus anyway.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute employees have mobilized to help provide medical providers with emergency supplies amid the COVID-19 crisis, the school announced in a press release this week.