2009-2010

June 2010

• WPI Ranks as One of Top ‘Colleges Worth Your Investment’ (June 30, 2010)
• Award-winning Research at WPI Shows Intelligent Computer Tools Can Improve Education (June 24, 2010)
• WPI Student Aids in Gulf Coast Oil Spill Cleanup  (June 23, 2010)
• New Study Shows that Mobile Online Social Networks Add a New Dimension to Privacy Leakage Concerns (June 22, 2010)
• WPI Star Athlete Kelly Johnson Awarded 'Academic All-America' Distinction (June 21, 2010)
• U.S. Assistant Secretary L. Tammy Duckworth Visits WPI for Briefing on Neuroprosthetics Research (June 19, 2010)
• WPI Helps Engineer Better Health Care for Veterans (June 09, 2010)
• Geolocation, Next Phase of the Social Media Revolution, Focus of June 14 Workshop at WPI (June 08, 2010)
• At WPI's 3rd Annual Goddard Cup Competition, Worcester Youth Will Discover That Physics is 'Rocket Science' (June 07, 2010)
• Telegram & Gazette Spotlights WPI Research on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (June 07, 2010)
• Udall Foundation Recognizes WPI Junior for Environmental Commitment (June 01, 2010)
• National Professional Science Master's Association Names Director of Strategic Planning (June 01, 2010)
• WPI to Host Exhibit of Woodbury Printing Co. Collection  (June 01, 2010)

May  2010

• WPI Researchers to Demonstrate the 'Classroom of the Future' to Area Teachers on June 2 (May 27, 2010)
• Discovery that a Plant Hormone is Also Produced by Yeast is Clue to How Fungal Infections Begin (May 26, 2010)
• WPI Announces Executive Appointments, Promotions (May 26, 2010)
• Massachusetts Governor, Life Sciences Leaders Visit WPI’s Gateway Park (May 25, 2010)
• New Algorithm Developed at WPI Improves Detection of Potentially Deadly Atrial Fibrillation (May 19, 2010)
• Curt Schilling Delivers Address to 1,140 Graduates at WPI’s 142nd Commencement (May 15, 2010)
• Elke Rundensteiner Receives WPI's 2010 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize at Commencement (May 15, 2010)
• WPI Breaks Ground for a Stunning – and Sustainable – Sports and Recreation Center (May 14, 2010)
• Keynote Speakers Announced for Neuroprosthetics 2010 Symposium (May 12, 2010)
• Fuller Foundation Donates $1 Million to WPI's New Sports and Recreation Center (May 12, 2010)
• WPI to Celebrate 142nd Commencement (May 12, 2010)
• Karen Kashmanian Oates, PhD, Named WPI's First Dean of Arts and Sciences (May 11, 2010)
• NASA Selects WPI To Take Part in New Summer of Innovation Initiative (May 10, 2010)
• Martha Cyr, Director of K-12 Outreach, Receives WEPAN Distinguished Service Award (May 07, 2010)
• Prize-Winning Robot to Help WPI Break Ground for Sports and Recreation Center (May 06, 2010)
• Shire Donates Bioreactor to Expand WPI's Training Programs in Biologics Manufacturing (May 05, 2010)
• League of Women Voters Honors WPI Sophomore for Civic Contributions (May 05, 2010)
• Area Companies Will Learn How WPI Can Help Them Do Business in China at May 7 Conference (May 03, 2010)
• Robotics Teams From Around the Northeast to Compete in 11th Annual BattleCry@WPI (May 03, 2010)

April  2010

• WPI Students Challenged to Research and Develop Innovative Solutions to Important Problems (April 27, 2010)
• WPI Researchers Study Feasibility of Giant Deep-Water Wind Turbines (April 28, 2010)
• WPI to Break Ground for New Sports and Recreation Center on May 14 (April 27, 2010)
• WPI Honors Community Members for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Service (April 23, 2010)
• American Cancer Society Presents Community Partner Award to WPI Student Organization  (April 22, 2010)
• Princeton Review Names WPI One of Nation's Greenest Schools (April 22, 2010)
• U.S. News & World Report Spotlights WPI's Earthfest Events (April 20, 2010)
• WPI to Hold Annual Showcase for Student Innovation (April 20, 2010)
• WPI to Hold 4th Annual Relay for Life (April 15, 2010)
• WPI Student Robotics Installation on Display at the Boston Museum of Science (April 14, 2010)
• Diana Lados Receives Prestigious Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Robert Lansing Hardy Award (April 12, 2010)
• WPI Students Take Home Second Place in National Video Contest (April 15, 2010)
• WPI Stages 28th New Voices, Nation's Longest-Running Collegiate New Plays Festival (April 08, 2010)
• Author of The Physics of Superheroes to Speak at WPI (April 08, 2010)
• Two WPI Students Named 2010 Goldwater Scholars (April 07, 2010)
• WPI to Host Symposium on the Ethical Issues Surrounding Robotics (April 07, 2010)
• WPI to Offer a PhD in Robotics Engineering (April 06, 2010)
• WPI to Host 2nd Annual Neuroprosthetics Symposium (April 06, 2010)
• WPI Announces Promotions and Tenure Awards for 11 Members of the Faculty (April 05, 2010)

March  2010

• WPI Tuition to Increase by 3.4 Percent (March 31, 2010)
• WPI to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Earth Day with Earthfest 2010 (March 30, 2010)
• WPI Receives $756,000 in Federal Support for Research in the Life Sciences (March 30, 2010)
• WPI Announces Next Phase for Gateway Park Partnership (March 26, 2010)
• Pioneering Work on Cardiovascular Disease and Arterial Plaque Advances with $1.4 Million NIH Award (March 24, 2010)
• Annual Showcase of Graduate Research at WPI Set for March 31 and April 1 (March 24, 2010)
• Groundbreaking Study of Wireless Body Area Networks Made Possible by $1.2 Million Award from NIST (March 18, 2010)
• Hundreds of High School Students Compete in WPI FIRST Regional Robotics Competition (March 16, 2010)
• Mark Rice Joins WPI as its First Dean of Business (March 15, 2010)
• WPI to Award Four Honorary Degrees at 142nd Commencement on May 15 (March 15, 2010)
• Biomedical Informatics Theme of 2010 WPI Biotechnology and Bioengineering Corporate Forum (March 10, 2010)
• High School Students from Across Northeast to Participate in Science, Engineering Events at WPI (March 08, 2010)
• WPI to Host FIRST Regional Tournament March 12-13 (March 08, 2010)
• Diran Apelian Tapped to Chair National Blue Ribbon Panel on Materials and Energy (March 08, 2010)
• WPI to Host Worcester Regional Science & Engineering Fair (March 05, 2010)
• WPI Game Development Major Makes Princeton Review’s List of Top 8 Game Design Programs (March 03, 2010)
• WPI Students Win Community Engagement Award for Worcester Art Museum Energy Project (March 03, 2010)

February  2010

• Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Awards WPI $6.6 Million Grant for Next Phase of Gateway Park (February 24, 2010)
• Career Fair Underscores Demand for WPI Students (February 23, 2010)
• WPI Reports Record Applications for the Class of 2014 (February 16, 2010)
• WPI's Innovative Student Support Network Program Awarded Federal Grant (February 16, 2010)
• WPI President Dennis Berkey Appointed to Massachusetts Governor's STEM Advisory Council (February 16, 2010)
• Curt Schilling, Former Pitcher, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, to Deliver 2010 Commencement Address (February 15, 2010)
• Telegram & Gazette Features WPI Students' Solar Energy Research (February 12, 2010)
• WPI Students Garner Credits for Helping to Create New Video Game (February 11, 2010)
• WPI, Colorado School of Mines Establish Center for Sustainable Metals Recovery and Recycling (February 09, 2010)
• WPI Students' Research in Cape Town Garners Coveted President's IQP Award (February 05, 2010)
• ROBOT Magazine Spotlights WPI-sponsored Winner of NASA Moondust Excavation Challenge (February 04, 2010)
• President Berkey Appointed to Board of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (February 03, 2010)

January  2010

• US News & World Report Spotlights WPI's 'Green Living' Initiatives (January 29, 2010)
• Former President Bill Clinton Appears at Senate-Race Rally Held at WPI (January 15, 2010)
• WPI Students Present Globally Significant Projects at Annual Awards Competition (January 29, 2010)
• Congress Allocates $1.6 Million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute for Research on Advanced Neuroprosthetics (January 05, 2010)
• Diran Apelian Honored by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (January 04, 2010)
• WPI Student Tackles NFL Post-Season Playoff Predictions in Puzzling Fashion (January 04, 2010)

December 2009

• 'U.S. News & World Report' Lauds WPI's Study Abroad and Senior Project Programs (December 31, 2009)
• WPI Greek Community Wins National Outstanding Change Initiative Award  (December 22, 2009)
• WPI to Offer Accelerated Master's Degree Tuition Incentive Program for Second Year in a Row (December 21, 2009)
• Champagne Garners Football's First 'Academic All-American' Honor (December 16, 2009)
• 9th Annual FIRST LEGO League Robotics State Championship Held at WPI (December 22, 2009)
• WPI First-year Students Address Some of World's Greatest Problems (December 21, 2009)
• WPI Adds a Record 23 New Full-time Educators and Researchers to its Faculty (December 07, 2009)
• WPI’s East Hall Recognized as a Green 'Teaching Tool' (December 03, 2009)
• WPI Professor Participates in Federal Trade Commission Panel on Online Privacy Concerns (December 03, 2009)

November  2009

• WPI's D.C. Project Center Applies 'Theory and Practice' to Domestic and International Issues  (November 30, 2009)
• WPI Receives $1 Million to Develop System Aimed at Preventing Firefighter Injuries and Deaths (November 30, 2009)
• During Holiday Season, WPI Fraternity Focuses on Feeding Worcester's Most Needy (November 24, 2009)
• International Media Highlight WPI Research in Tracing Origins of Native Venetians (November 20, 2009)
• Frank Hoy Installed as WPI's First Paul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (November 20, 2009)
• WPI to Host Mathematics Day for Middle and High School Girls (November 20, 2009)
• WPI Researchers Take Aim at Hard-to-Treat Fungal Infections (November 19, 2009)
• WPI's Masque Theatre Group to Present Arthur Miller's The Crucible (November 18, 2009)
• Update: 2009-2010 Flu Season at WPI (November 13, 2009)
• Institute for Energy and Sustainability Names Bowditch & Dewey Partner and Former Assistant Energy Secretary as Interim Director (November 13, 2009)
• WPI to Host 13th Annual Savage Soccer Robotics Tournament (November 13, 2009)
• Engineering Health Care: New Center at WPI to Study Medical Systems and Processes (November 11, 2009)
• BusinessWeek Ranks WPI Part-Time MBA Program No. 1 in Nation (November 09, 2009)
• BusinessWeek Ranks WPI MBA Program No. 1 in Nation  (November 06, 2009)
• WPI to Host Robotics Innovation Competition and Conference (November 03, 2009)
• WPI Trustees Vote to Proceed with Sports and Recreation Center (November 02, 2009)
• WPI Professor Transforms Artificial Intelligence in Design Research (November 02, 2009)
• WPI Trustees Vote to Proceed with Sports and Recreation Center (November 02, 2009)
• WPI Supports Suitcase Campaign to Help Foster Kids (November 02, 2009)

October  2009

• WPI University Lecture Focuses on Movement Toward ‘Just Sustainability’ (October 26, 2009)
• Stem Cell Journal Editors Share Paper on Research Done at WPI with Wider Scientific Audience (October 23, 2009)
• WPI Fraternities and Sororities Win Awards for Community Service, Academic Excellence, Leadership and More (October 22, 2009)
• WPI to Feature Exhibit on New England Gravestones (October 22, 2009)
• Robotics Teams Featuring WPI Students, Alumni Sweep Top 3 Prizes in 2009 NASA Lunar Excavation Challenge (October 21, 2009)
• WPI Crew Wins Medal at Prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta (October 19, 2009)
• WPI-sponsored Robotics Team Wins $500,000 at NASA Moondust Excavation Challenge (October 19, 2009)
• WPI Robotics Team Competes at NASA's 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge this Weekend (October 16, 2009)
• Advancing Biofuels: EdeniQ Licenses WPI Technology (October 15, 2009)
• WPI Students Help Improve Hong Kong's Waterfront Parks (October 12, 2009)
• New York Times Features WPI’s Sustainability Success (October 08, 2009)
• WPI to Host Columbus Day Open House for High School Students (October 08, 2009)

September  2009

• GE Names WPI Top Producer of Company Talent (September 29, 2009)
• Mass. Clean Energy Center Awards Grant to Worcester's Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability (September 28, 2009)
• Worcester Magazine Profiles WPI VOX Theatre Group’s South Pacific (September 25, 2009)
• WPI Career Fair Underscores Demand for WPI Students (September 25, 2009)
• WPI Receives $1.3 Million for Ongoing Life Sciences Research (September 24, 2009)
• WPI Hits Record Highs in Enrollment, Faculty Hires, and Financial Performance (September 24, 2009)
• WPI’s VOX Theatre Group to Present Classic Broadway Hit South Pacific (September 17, 2009)
• President Berkey Testifies before the Joint Committee on Education at the Mass. State House (September 17, 2009)
• ExxonMobil Executive, and WPI Trustee, Delivers Inaugural 'Sustaining our World: Energy for the Future' Lecture  (September 16, 2009)
• Webcast Advisory: National Neuroprosthetics Symposium to Stream Live from Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Sept. 16 (September 14, 2009)
• Noted Expert on History of Freemasonry Available to Reporters Covering Release of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (September 14, 2009)
• WPI Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month (September 10, 2009)
• WPI Students Choose From Host of Global Learning Opportunities (September 08, 2009)
• WPI Announces New Santa Fe Project Center (September 08, 2009)
• National Leaders in Neuroprosthetics Research to Headline Symposium at WPI (September 08, 2009)
• Conference to Explore How the Study of Surfaces Advances Fields as Diverse as Archaeology and Food Science (September 01, 2009)

August  2009

• WPI Opens George I. Alden Life Sciences and Bioengineering Educational Center (August 26, 2009)
• WPI's Annual ‘Great Problems Seminars’ Program Kicks Off with ‘Making a Sustainable World’ Lecture  (August 26, 2009)
• WPI Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Pursue Groundbreaking Research on Dust Explosions (August 26, 2009)
• Online Social Networks Leak Personal Information to Third-Party Tracking Sites (August 24, 2009)
• WPI Welcomes Class of 2013 (August 23, 2009)
• WPI Moves Up in U.S. News & World Report Rankings (August 20, 2009)
• Princeton Review Ranking: WPI Home to ‘Happiest Students’ (August 05, 2009)
• WPI Ranks Among Top 10 of Schools that Produce the Best-paid Graduates (August 03, 2009)
• WPI Student Recognized in IBM Smarter Planet University Jam (August 03, 2009)

July  2009

• WPI to Host Hands-on Forensics Program for Middle School Students  (July 31, 2009)
• Reprogramming Human Cells Without Inserting Genes (July 29, 2009)
• WPI to Host ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp for Middle School Students (July 28, 2009)
• WPI Camp Reach Pupils Strategize Room Redesign for Worcester's Girls Inc. (July 23, 2009)
• Results of National Assessment of First Responder Location Systems to be Announced Aug. 3 at WPI (July 23, 2009)
• Hendrix and Woodstock: 10 Little Known Facts about the Performance That Defined the '60s (July 22, 2009)
• WPI Launches New Website (July 18, 2009)
• Internationally Known Authority on Entrepreneurship to Join WPI as First Beswick Professor (July 17, 2009)
• Middle Schoolers to Build Robots at WPI Junior Robotics Challenge (July 17, 2009)
• WPI to Host Summer Theatre Double Feature (July 15, 2009)
• WPI Proves to be one of Academia's Biggest Sustainability 'STARS' (July 09, 2009)
• The Chronicle of Higher Education Recognizes WPI as a 'Great College to Work For' (July 08, 2009)
• WPI’s East Hall Awarded Gold LEED Certification (July 02, 2009)
• Game Designer and Digital Artist Join WPI's Interactive Media and Game Development Program (July 02, 2009)
• Two WPI Crews Compete in First-Round Races of Prestigious Henley Royal Regatta (July 01, 2009)