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GRAD 2013 registration deadline is February 25, 2013
Through two annual events, the university celebrates students' accomplishments, encourages them to share their work with the greater WPI community, and helps them take their research to the next level. >
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Whole Plant Therapy Shows Promise as an Effective and Economical Malaria Treatment, Research Led by WPI Shows
May be the basis for a new model for malaria treatment. >
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Study Co-authored by Robert Gegear Provides New Insight into the Sun Compass That Helps the Monarch Butterfly Navigate
Published in Nature Communications, the study, conducted at UMass Medical, looks at the role of clocks in the insect's antennae. >
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Developmental Biologist Joseph Duffy Named Head of WPI's Department of Biology and Biotechnology
In his research, he explores how cells communicate, work that may offer clues to cancer and other disease states. >
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WPI Announces Faculty Promotions and Tenure Awards
The awards recognize 12 distinguished members of the WPI faculty for their teaching, scholarship, and service. >
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WPI to Offer New Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Interdisciplinary programs prepare students to apply computational and math skills to biological problems. >
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WPI Students Top Massachusetts Life Sciences Internship Challenge Program
The program connects life sciences companies with promising students preparing for careers in the field. >
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WPI Welcomes 16 New Educators and Researchers to its Full-time Faculty Ranks
This new faculty class includes the university's inaugural deans of arts and sciences and engineering and the first dean of WPI's New School of Business. >
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WPI Receives $756,000 in Federal Support for Research in the Life Sciences
The funds will support research on the molecular processes of nervous system development, bacterial infection, and plant production of a malaria drug. >
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WPI Researchers Take Aim at Hard-to-Treat Fungal Infections
WPI team develops a new way to study fungal infections and screen potential drug targets for conditions like thrush, athlete's foot and vaginal yeast infections, which affect millions of people but are difficult to treat with existing medications. >
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At WPI, Some Students Are Learning It’s OK to Peek
Students in WPI’s undergraduate biology labs are using clickers in a new way that promises to improve student-achievement and enhance teaching during science labs. It’s all part of a novel academic technology suite, “The Connected Lab,” developed with a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation. >
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