Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been awarded $1.1 million in federal grants to help revitalize the nuclear power industry, the school announced Monday.

In the world of cyber security, an entire industry has materialized around selling information about vulnerabilities in programs, alternately offering the ability to protect against these flaws in the programs and allowing them to be used as cyber weapons.

Laurie A. Leshin was inaugurated over the weekend as the 16th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the first woman to hold the position in the school's 150-year history.

A mechanical engineering professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has secured a three-year, $424,000 grant to reengineer a manufacturing process for parts designed to make motor vehicles lighter and more energy efficient, the school announced.

Where does Northern Ireland turn when it looks to develop the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals? Worcester.

A $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow a team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers to test a plant-based therapy WPI is developing for the treatment of malaria.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is slated to become one of the first schools in The United States to offer an online master's degree in electrical and computer engineering.

VitaThreads, a life sciences firm founded in 2012 by two Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) professors, said its signature product has passed a milestone after its testing in animals.

There have been many leadership changes at Central Massachusetts colleges and universities over the last few years,...

Already the largest single donor to the university, Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumnus Robert A. Foisie has now...