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WPI to take part in White House manufacturing initiative

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is home to one of four facilities that will be part of a White House initiative focusing on revitalizing American manufacturing, the school announced.

German firm to provide equipment to WPI

Germany-based life sciences company Eppendorf has agreed to donate equipment to Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (BETC).

WPI announces $2.5M vocational training grant

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on Wednesday announced a $2.5-million training grant for software and educational materials that will teach Massachusetts vocational students new skills in advanced high-tech machinery.

WPI profs receive $1M to study robots

Two robotics engineering professors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are being awarded a combined $1.04 million over the next three years to study how robots can help out in manufacturing plants and in homes with elderly residents.
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Laurie Leshin: A bold stroke for WPI

Laurie Leshin apparently knows a lot about what it's like to breathe rarefied air. After all, she's...

WPI selects space scientist as next president

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has tapped a geochemist and space scientist with both academic and governmental expertise as its next president.

Businesses In Downtown Worcester See Revenue Lift With Influx Of Students

Think of college students and food, and you might picture a case of ramen noodles or late-night pizza deliveries, not a restaurant featuring shrimp cocktails and veal marsala. But Cyrus Mizrahi, owner of Viva Bene Italian Ristorante on Commercial Street in Worcester said being located next door to the Worcester campus of MCPHS University (formerly called the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) is great for the Italian restaurant.

For New Beginnings, North Central Area Looks To Its Past

North Central Massachusetts is an area that keeps its manufacturing past in full view. Many towns retain nicknames that bring to mind old, dirty factories turning out the kinds of things that are now mostly imported from China. For instance, Winchendon is “Toy Town,” Gardner “Chair City,” and Athol “Tool Town.”
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Accolades & Honors: Nov. 25

Marvin Silver, an attorney with Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, with offices in Westborough, was named a...

WPI Launches Data Science Grad Program

Responding to higher demand for professionals who understand how to analyze and find value in “big data,” Worcester Polytechnic Institute is launching the state's first graduate program in data science, the school announced.
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