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• Faculty Promotions and Tenure Awards are Announced WPI honors eight distinguished scholars and educators who have brought distinction to themselves and the Institute. >
• 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. >
• WPI's Online MBA Ranked 2nd in New England by U.S. News & World Report The program also placed 14th, overall, in the nation. >
• WPI Featured in The Princeton Review's "Best 296 Business Schools: 2013 Edition" Education Service Company Cites Broad-based Business Essentials, Coupled with Highly Specialized Instruction in Technology >
• Boot Camp Launches WPI Biofabrication Program Funded with a $3 million NSF award, the new interdisciplinary graduate program combines biomedical research and business innovation experiences. >
• Graduate Researchers to Test Their Entrepreneurial Pitching Skills in a WPI Competition on April 23 The finalists from a campuswide competition will vie for cash awards as they present to a panel of distinguished judges. >
• WPI Reports Record Number of Undergraduate and Graduate Applications The growth in applications is a product of WPI's cutting-edge academic programs, which give students a competive edge. >
• National Institutes of Health Official to Address WPI Forum on Healthcare Innovation The Aspinwall Symposium focuses on systems approaches to lowering costs and increasing efficiency. >
• WPI Establishes the Healthcare Delivery Institute to Improve Patient Care The institute's research includes development of mobile smart applications to engage patients and improve efficiency. >
• WPI Team Awarded $1.2 Million to Develop Smart Phone Application for Advanced Diabetes and Wound Care Four-year NSF award will fund the development of an integrated app to help people manage their diabetes. >
• WPI Welcomes 16 New Educators and Researchers to its Full-time Faculty Ranks The new class continues a historic investment, with nearly 80 new full-time faculty members hired over the last five years. >
• WPI's Part-Time MBA Program is Ranked No. 1 in the Northeast by BusinessWeek The Innovator's MBA scores an 'A' for curriculum and is ranked 3rd in the nation for student satisfaction. >
• James P. Baum '86 Honored with Inaugural WPI Innovator of the Year Award An innovator, business leader, and entrepreneur, Baum is called a source of inspiration and pride for the university. >
• WPI School of Business Featured in the Princeton Review's 'Best 294 Business Schools: 2012 Edition' Recognized for uniting broad-based degree in business essentials and highly specialized instruction in technology. >
• WPI recognizes first-year students for excellent academic work with the designation of Charles O. Thompson Scholars. Each year, WPI recognizes first-year students for excellence in their academic work with the designation of Charles O. Thompson Scholars. Thompson scholars are eligible to compete for a scholarship  >
• Dean of WPI's School of Business Named Chair of International Accreditation Quality Committee Mark Rice will oversee a committee that recommends changes in standards, policies, and procedures for AACSB, which accredits business and accounting programs. >
• WPI Student Project Work in Namibia Garners Prestigious President’s IQP Award The winning student team studied solar energy business opportunities in nonelectrified areas of the African nation >
• CNN Covers WPI Professor's Research Aimed at Turning Roads into Solar Collectors The story featured Rajib Mallick's pioneering work on capturing solar energy from asphalt to keep roads snow free, generate power, or extend pavement life. >
• WPI First Year Students Address Some of World’s Greatest Problems As Part of the university's Great Problems Seminars, more than 160 students will present their research. >
• WPI School of Business Ranks in Top 5 for Women in Princeton Review's 2011 'Best 300 Business Schools' The university scores big in "greatest opportunity for women" and in "best administered" program categories. >
• BusinessWeek Ranks WPI Part-Time MBA Program No. 1 in Nation
• Geolocation, Next Phase of the Social Media Revolution, Focus of June 14 Workshop at WPI Speakers include chief technology officer for Verizon, director of business development for Nokia Research Center, and CEO of Skyhook Wireless >
• Internationally Known Authority on Entrepreneurship to Join WPI as First Beswick Professor Frank Hoy, an internationally known authority, has joined the WPI faculty as the inaugural Paul R. Beswick Professor of Entrepreneurship and director of the Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. >
• Mark Rice Joins WPI as its First Dean of Business The first of three inaugural academic deans at WPI, Rice previously led innovative business programs at Babson College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute >
• Curt Schilling, Former Pitcher, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, to Deliver 2010 Commencement Address The three-time World Series champion and founder of video game development company 38 Studios will speak at WPI's 142nd graduation exercises on Saturday, May 15. >
• WPI President Berkey to Meet with Chinese Universities about Future Collaborations President Berkey will visit sites where WPI students and faculty are working on projects sponsored by companies with China operations. >
• U.S. News & World Report Lauds WPI Programs; Places University on 'Great Schools, Great Prices' List The rankings by the magazine, which praised the university for having "a strong focus on student success," are the latest of a series of impressive national accolades for WPI.  >
• Princeton Review Names WPI 'A Best in the Northeast' College, Ranks it 20th in Nation for Career Services The rankings, included in The Princeton Review's 2011 Best Colleges guide, confirm the value WPI provides to its students and its hiring partners. >
• BusinessWeek Ranks WPI MBA Program No. 1 in Nation WPI's part-time MBA program skyrockets from ninth to first place within two years, in magazine's annual rankings. >
• Demand for WPI Graduates Continues to Grow Employers at the fall Career Fair said WPI turns out 'great graduates, who are ready to hit the ground running.' >
• WPI Ranks Among Top 10 of Schools that Produce the Best-paid Graduates A Payscale.com ranking recognizing the top colleges and universities that produce the best-paid graduates placed WPI in the top 10 in the nation among schools for highest starting median salary. >
• Princeton Review Ranking: WPI Home to ‘Happiest Students’ WPI students are some of the happiest in the country, according to The Princeton Review, which recently ranked the school in the top 20 of national colleges and universities where students feel the "happiest." >
• Area Companies Will Learn How WPI Can Help Them Do Business in China at May 7 Conference The U.S.-China Link initiative promotes the value of WPI student project teams in forging connections for local businesses >
• Shire Donates Bioreactor to Expand WPI's Training Programs in Biologics Manufacturing The commercial-scale reactor will be used at the Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center planned for Gateway Park. >
• WPI's New School of Business Focuses on Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship WPI is establishing of a School of Business, which will be led by Dean Mark P. Rice, PhD, an internationally recognized scholar of technological entrepreneurship. >
• WPI Moves Up in U.S. News & World Report Rankings WPI placed higher this year among the nation's top colleges and universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report's rankings, which were released August 20. >
• WPI Ranks Among Top 10 Universities That Produce the Best-paid Graduates Among engineering schools, WPI is 7th in the nation for highest starting median salary and 9th for highest mid-career median pay, according to a new PayScale report. >
• WPI Ranks as One of Top ‘Colleges Worth Your Investment’ A study by Payscale.com ranks WPI as one of the top 20 schools in the nation for having a high return on investment. >
• In Memoriam: Paul R. Beswick ’57, WPI Trustee A successful entrepreneur, a member of the WPI Board of Trustees, and a dedicated supporter of his alma mater who established an endowed professorship in entrepreneurship and innovation, he died Aug. 15. >
• WPI Among 'Ten Engineering Schools That Should Be On Your Radar,' According to the Fiske Guide to Colleges The guide, which profiles 300 of the nation's "best and most interesting colleges and universities," selected WPI because of its renowned "emphasis on projects and team building." >
• Mass. Housing and Economic Development Chief to Kick off WPI Venture Forum's 20th Anniversary
• Location-Based Applications Driving Innovation in Wireless Communications Industry Unprecedented proliferation of applications creates extraordinary opportunities for mining vast amounts of data about consumer behavior patterns >
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