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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. >
• 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. >
• New Study Sheds Light on How Cells Transport Materials Along Crowded Intercellular 'Highways' Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. >
• Adapting Fish Defenses to Block Human Infections WPI team analyzes peptides from fish gills to engineer protective surfaces for food preparation and medical devices. >
• Diana Lados Receives ASM Silver Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Materials Science Lados is honored for developing and implementing a new integrative materials design paradigm. >
• WPI Welcomes 20 New Educators and Researchers to its Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Ranks They constitute one of the largest and most accomplished entering faculty classes in WPI's history. >
• Yehia Massoud Named Head of WPI's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Massoud's research spans embedded systems, signal processing, nanotechnology, and biotechnology.  >
• The Princeton Review Names WPI a Top University According to the guide, students laud WPI's project-based curriculum and mix of students, and say the quarterly academic calendar lets them take a diverse array of classes. >
• WPI Launches Sixth Year of Its Innovative First-Year Great Problems Seminars With Great Changes The kick-off included an address to students by Forbes science journalist Matthew Herper. >
• WPI Awarded $1.9 Million to Develop Sensors that Can Save Wounded Soldiers The program’s objectives are developing wearable sensors and a smartphone application that can detect serious blood loss. >
• Once Again, the Fiske Guide Names WPI One of the Nation's "Best and Most Interesting Colleges" The 2013 edition of the guide cites WPI for its "humanistic approach to engineering."  >
• 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.  >