Worcester Polytechnic Institute

As part of the newly launched Manufacturing USA initiative, Worcester Polytechnic Institute has now joined up with eight public-private institutes, the university announced on Monday.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is the fourth-best value among Massachusetts colleges, according to a new study by SmartAsset, based on tuition and other student costs, along with scholarships and starting salary for graduates.

Despite concerns nationally among colleges and universities over new federal policies scaring away international applicants, Worcester schools have seen no such impact.

A research team at WPI has grown heart tissue attached to spinach leaves, which researchers involved in the project said overcomes a key challenge in human tissue regeneration.

Worcester's Clark University is the 10th best college for adjunct faculty, based on a new report by the website Goodcall.com.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute opened enrollment for a training program for people who want to work in the biotech sector but don't necessarily have the experience.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute computer science and data science professor Yanhua Li has received a two-year National Science Foundation $175,000 grant for a transportation study.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is being sued by the ex-wife of the largest donor in the school's history, and was asked to stop spending more than $40 million he gave to the school in recent years.

Desiree Awiszio, a self-employed Worcester engineering consultant, won the K-12 STEM Literacy Education-Engineer Partnership Award in 2016 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for her work with students and teachers in the science, technology, engineering and math curriculum.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute President Laurie Leshin has been named to the board of directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.