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Assumption, Clark latest Central Mass. colleges to change courses due to outbreak

Worcester's Assumption College and Clark University are the latest colleges to delay classes or move them online...

Central Mass. colleges suspending in-person courses

UMass Medical School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, College of the Holy Cross and Fitchburg State University have suspended in-person courses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

WPI launching international project school

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is launching what it is calling The Global School to expand one of its main academic features: Projects students undertake overseas.

🔒Central Mass. colleges face admissions upheaval

An industry-wide spike in the number of applications from high school students has complicated the fine-tuned formula for figuring out which students – and how many – will ultimately enroll.
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WPI marks opening of new $17M PracticePoint facility

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's new healthcare research facility, PracticePoint, offers a place for researchers to fail and start over when they need to, WPI President Laurie Leshin said Tuesday.

🔒What to expect in 2020: Colleges & universities will change with the times

Central Massachusetts colleges and universities face a variety of pressures in the coming year, with shifting enrollment trends to new leadership to the need to impress incoming students.

WPI adding neuroscience master’s program

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is adding a master's degree in neuroscience to prepare students in jobs such as neuroscience research, pharmaceuticals and teaching.

WPI researchers discover weak spots for hackers in Intel, STM chips

Two Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers and a team they lead have discovered what the school says are serious security vulnerabilities in computer chips affecting laptop, desktop and other users around the world.
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Two health firms join WPI’s PracticePoint facility

A Worcester startup aiming to help diabetics and a Cambridge firm creating devices for those with impaired mobility have joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute's PracticePoint incubator.

WPI to develop underground bomb-detecting bacteria for Raytheon

Waltham defense contractor Raytheon has partnered with Worcester Polytechnic Institute to develop bacterial strains to detect buried explosives by glowing if they find any.
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