Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Even as standardized tests try to regain some of their lost luster, nearly all Central Massachusetts colleges have found more holistic ways to assess applicants’ potential and aren’t looking back.

Using technology first developed at WPI, New York-based Sports Engineering is developing a shoe to help reduce the occurrence of common sports injuries like ACL and MCL tears and ankle injuries.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher is working to find a way to determine which organisms found in the wild are genetically engineered, unlike their naturally existing cousins.

If you want to attract people from all different backgrounds and all walks of life, make sure your public visual image is as diverse as possible.

If Central Massachusetts can churn out more startups who turn out to be good investments, more of those venture capital dollars will start to swing in our direction.

Just 1% of venture capital in Massachusetts in the past five years has come to Worcester County. But colleges, incubators and others are working to make up the difference.

When the Pawtucket Red Sox begin play in Worcester in 2021, it may be WPI students who help give Polar Park the latest technology.

A new Massachusetts state grant will help digital health startups work with larger industry players at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's PracticePoint facility at Gateway Park.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Kristen Billiar is looking to find the causes of unexplained cell deaths in our bodies that can lead to diseases.

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