Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Jean King, the current vice provost for biomedical research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has been named the Peterson Family Dean of Arts and Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Aaron Sakulich has been named a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research, a Washington, D.C.-based group supporting student-faculty research.

A new pedicab service, WooRides, has started from an idea from a Worcester Polytechnic Institute student.

Zipcar, the Boston-based global car-sharing network, is now operating in the city of Worcester and offering special rates for businesses.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has launched a new center to make it easier for the aerospace industry and others to keep track of precise material quality.

Parents, friends and relatives who stayed at a local Airbnb instead of a hotel over Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduation weekend contributed $230,000 to the local economy during their stay, according to Airbnb data released Thursday.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's fully-online electrical engineering program was ranked the eighth on a list highlighting 30 schools that put education before their bottom line.

Starting this summer, a new master plan is expected to finally be in the works for the city of Worcester.

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will use a new round of funding from the National Institutes of Health to study gender disparities in neurological disorders by analyzing a species of small, soil-dwelling worms.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been given a $5 million state grant for a new healthcare research and product development initiative.