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Accolades & honors

Diana Lados, Milton Prince Higgins II distinguished associate professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and...

Movers & shakers

PAUL MATHISEN is Worcester Polytechnic Institute's new sustainability director as of Jan. 1. Mathisen, a civil and...

WPI researchers develop ‘sperm sorting’ device

A group of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Stanford University have developed a device that selects faster, healthier sperm to be used during in vitro fertilization.

Central Mass. colleges will face funding, recruiting challenges in 2018

Smaller campuses may struggle with declining interest from international students, and colleges will have to work to find the right balance between speech rights and harmful actions.
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WPI’s Leshin is highest-paid private-college president in Central Mass.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute President Laurie Leshin made $764,400 in 2015, though her pay was eclipsed by the heads of UMass Medical School and MCPHS.

WPI app aims to stop overeating

An app being developed by researchers at WPI and the University of Connecticut tracks eating patterns and provides reminders aimed at helping to stop overeating.

Colleges’ battle for students’ hearts & minds extends to their stomachs

If attracting students is an arms race for colleges, not every campus can build the most elaborate recreation center, but even much smaller schools can give their students food that alumni would hardly recognize.

NYC executive opens Worcester marketing agency

In a press release, Jake Messier, founder of HEARD Strategy and Storytelling, said he chose Worcester to the new agency's headquarters.
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WPI researcher targets fake news with $516K federal grant

Misinformation and fake news spread like wildfire on the internet, influencing public opinion and according to U.S. intelligence agencies, and the 2016 presidential elections.

WPI professor awarded $1.7M cancer research funding

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute chemistry professor has received a $1.7-million award from the National Institutes of Health to develop treatments for persistent cancers.
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