2011-2012
June 2012
- Battery Innovation Earns Award for WPI Professor (June 25, 2012)
- WPI to Hold Groundbreaking for New Residence Hall (June 21, 2012)
- Technology and Training: WPI at BIO 2012 (June 15, 2012)
- New Company Will Commercialize WPI's Pioneering Research on Microthread Technology (June 13, 2012)
- Celena Dopart Named NCAA Division III Women’s At-Large Academic All-America of the Year (June 11, 2012)
- WPI Associate Dean Karen Hebert-Maccaro to Speak on Career Management (June 11, 2012)
- Biotech Industry Veterans to Lead WPI Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (June 07, 2012)
- For Second Straight Year, a Team of WPI Students Wins the NASA Robo-Ops Robotics Competition (June 06, 2012)
- Robots, Rockets, Astronauts and More at WPI TouchTomorrow Event (June 05, 2012)
- WPI Receives $3 Million National Science Foundation Award for New Graduate Program in Biofabrication (June 05, 2012)
- WPI Partners with Area Colleges in Energy-Saving Program (June 01, 2012)
May 2012
- WPI Launches $200 Million Capital Campaign in Advance of 150th Anniversary (May 31, 2012)
- WPI Professor Alexander Wyglinski Named a Distinguished Lecturer by the Vehicular Technology Society (May 31, 2012)
- WPI to Build New Residence Hall (May 30, 2012)
- Mass Academy of Math and Science Marks 20-Year Anniversary (May 22, 2012)
- WPI Research Team to Conduct Groundbreaking Tests Aimed at Better Understanding Post-earthquake Fires (May 16, 2012)
- WPI to Host 13th Annual BattleCry Competition (May 16, 2012)
- WPI to Host NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge (May 15, 2012)
- A Festival of Science, Technology...and Robots! (May 15, 2012)
- Video Highlights of WPI's 2012 Commencement Exercises (May 12, 2012)
- Class of 2012 Urged to Play a Key Role in Keeping Our Nation Competitive in the Global Economy (May 12, 2012)
- Yi Hua (Ed) Ma Receives WPI's 2012 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize at Commencement (May 12, 2012)
- WPI Professor Diana Lados Honored by Mass High Tech with a 2012 Women to Watch Award (May 11, 2012)
- TIAA-CREF CEO Roger Ferguson to Speak at WPI Commencement (May 07, 2012)
- Beta Theta Pi Fraternity to Join WPI Campus (May 07, 2012)
- WPI to Host Meeting of the Northeast Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists May 4-5 (May 02, 2012)
- WPI Student Jennifer Mann Named a Goldwater Scholar (May 01, 2012)
April 2012
- WPI Team Scales-up Production of Biopolymer Microthreads (April 30, 2012)
- In Memoriam: George Cowan ’41, Manhattan Project Chemist, Nuclear Detective, Santa Fe Institute Founder (April 27, 2012)
- Singapore Officials Learn from WPI’s Project-based Curriculum (April 26, 2012)
- WPI Names the 2012 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients (April 25, 2012)
- WPI Named a Top U.S. College for Return on Investment (April 24, 2012)
- WPI Rated Environmentally Responsible Green College (April 24, 2012)
- WPI Sets Tuition for 2012-2013 Academic Year (April 24, 2012)
- WPI's Project-Based Approach to Learning Cited in an Essay by New York Times Columnist David Brooks (April 20, 2012)
- Honors for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, Community Service Bestowed at Convocation (April 20, 2012)
- In Memoriam: Donald Zwiep, Who Served 31 Years as Head of WPI's Mechanical Engineering Department (April 20, 2012)
- Graduate Researchers to Test Their Entrepreneurial Pitching Skills in a WPI Competition on April 23 (April 19, 2012)
- WPI to Unveil Electric Vehicle Charging Station (April 17, 2012)
- WPI to Host SPLISH, a Hands-On Learning Program Offered by the Massachusets Academy of Mathematics and Science (April 17, 2012)
- Professor José Argüello Named Inaugural Rutman Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at WPI (April 13, 2012)
- WPI Artist-in-Residence Program to Meld Science and Technology in Sculpture Project (April 13, 2012)
- WPI to Host Lecture by Jazz Historian Lewis Porter (April 13, 2012)
- Department of Education Funds Four-Year Research Evaluation of Mathematics Online Tutoring System (April 11, 2012)
- WPI’s New Voices Play Festival Celebrates 30 Years (April 10, 2012)
- WPI Cited as Having One of the Nation's Top Calculus Programs (April 10, 2012)
- WPI Students Awarded American Heart Association Fellowships (April 10, 2012)
- In Memoriam: Myles J. McDonough, Emeritus Trustee (April 04, 2012)
- WPI to Host Power Symposium to Address Needs of Industry (April 03, 2012)
- Princeton Review Names Mathematics Professor John Goulet One of the Nation's Top College Professors (April 03, 2012)
March 2012
- WPI’s Camp Reach to Celebrate White House Award with Alumnae Dinner (March 30, 2012)
- WPI to Build First 'Rooftop Field' in Massachusetts Atop New Parking Garage (March 30, 2012)
- WPI’s Camp Reach to Celebrate Presidential Award with Engineering Carnival (March 30, 2012)
- WPI's Innovation Exchange to Showcase Graduate Student Research (March 28, 2012)
- Joel Brattin, WPI's Expert on Charles Dickens, is in Demand as State Celebrates the Author's 200th Birthday (March 27, 2012)
- WPI Symposium to Explore Therapeutic Plant Compounds and Engineered Blood Vessels (March 27, 2012)
- WPI to Host 2012 ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp from July 22 to Aug. 3 (March 27, 2012)
- WPI's Interactive Media and Game Development Program Highlighted by the Christian Science Monitor (March 19, 2012)
- Developmental Biologist Joseph Duffy Named Head of WPI's Department of Biology and Biotechnology (March 19, 2012)
- WPI Reports Record Number of Undergraduate and Graduate Applications (March 15, 2012)
- National Institutes of Health Official to Address WPI Forum on Healthcare Innovation (March 14, 2012)
- WPI Receives Grant for Development of Software Tools to Enhance Student Learning (March 13, 2012)
- WPI Sponsors 7th Annual High School Computer Programming Contest (March 08, 2012)
- WPI to Send Team to Participate in Solar Decathlon (March 08, 2012)
- WPI Student Danielle Antonellis Named a 'New Face of Engineering' for Academic Excellence and Community Service (March 08, 2012)
- WPI to Host 57th Worcester Regional Science and Engineering Fair on March 9 (March 08, 2012)
- High School Roboticists to Converge on WPI (March 07, 2012)
- Professor Bogdan Vernescu Elected President of the National Professional Science Master's Association (March 07, 2012)
- WPI Researchers Win Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards (March 07, 2012)
- WPI Launches the STEM Education Center (March 06, 2012)
- WPI Named a Top University for Helping Women Succeed in STEM Fields (March 05, 2012)
February 2012
- WPI Establishes the Healthcare Delivery Institute to Improve Patient Care (February 29, 2012)
- Neuroprosthetics Symposium to Stream Live from WPI on Feb. 23 (February 21, 2012)
- WPI Announces Faculty Promotions and Tenure Awards (February 15, 2012)
January 2012
- Karen Kashmanian Oates Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (January 31, 2012)
- WPI Student Team Wins Award for Project that Improved Water and Sanitation in Rural Namibia (January 31, 2012)
- Summer School for Science Teachers (January 24, 2012)
- Public Input Sought on WPI Accreditation by New England Association of Schools and Colleges (January 19, 2012)
- Keynote Speakers Announced for Neuroprosthetics 2012 (January 12, 2012)
December 2011
- WPI Names William McAvoy Vice President for University Advancement (December 22, 2011)
- Five WPI Students Win Scholarships For Studies in Power and Energy (December 19, 2011)
- WPI President Dennis Berkey to Serve on Integrating College and Career Readiness Task Force (December 16, 2011)
- WPI Team Awarded $1.2 Million to Develop Smart Phone Application for Advanced Diabetes and Wound Care (December 12, 2011)
- WPI to Offer the First Bachelor's Degree Program in Architectural Engineering in New England (December 05, 2011)
- Jamal Yagoobi, Expert on Electrohydrodynamics, to Lead WPI's Mechanical Engineering Department (December 02, 2011)
- New Book Spotlights WPI's Revolutionary Approach (December 02, 2011)
November 2011
- WPI's Alpha Psi Omega Presents: The 9th Annual Show in 24 Hours (November 29, 2011)
- WPI’s Annual Holiday Concert to Feature Selections from The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol (November 29, 2011)
- Congressman Jim McGovern to Review Novel Helicopter Engine Design during Nov. 28 Visit to WPI (November 22, 2011)
- WPI Welcomes 16 New Educators and Researchers to its Full-time Faculty Ranks (November 22, 2011)
- WPI's Part-Time MBA Program is Ranked No. 1 in the Northeast by BusinessWeek (November 21, 2011)
- WPI Named a Top Pick Among U.S. Colleges for Return on Investment (November 17, 2011)
- WPI Faculty Member Chrysanthe Demetry Named Professor of the Year for Massachusetts (November 17, 2011)
- Governor Patrick Picks WPI President Dennis Berkey for Brazil Innovation Economy Mission (November 16, 2011)
- President Obama Honors Camp Reach with Award (November 16, 2011)
- WPI Ranked Among Best Schools for Foreign Students (November 10, 2011)
- Professor José Argüello Appointed to the Editorial Board for the Journal of Biological Chemistry (November 10, 2011)
- New Technology from Pall Corp. Bound for WPI Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (November 09, 2011)
- WPI to Create a STEM Education Center (November 08, 2011)
- New York Times Highlights WPI’s Success in Retaining STEM Students (November 08, 2011)
- WPI Ranked a 'Top Choice' by Parchment.com (November 02, 2011)
- Eduardo Torres-Jara Receives NASA Tech Briefs Award for Technology that Gives Robots the Sense of Touch (November 02, 2011)
October 2011
- James P. Baum '86 Honored with Inaugural WPI Innovator of the Year Award (October 28, 2011)
- Kiplinger’s Names WPI a Best Value (October 27, 2011)
- WPI’s Three Deans Teaching Course on Innovation, Entrepreneurship in Solving Great Problems (October 27, 2011)
- More Power to the Cranberry: Study Shows the Juice is Better than Extracts at Fighting Bacterial Infections (October 27, 2011)
- WPI School of Business Featured in the Princeton Review's 'Best 294 Business Schools: 2012 Edition' (October 19, 2011)
- WPI Professor is Elected President of New Educational Data Mining Society (October 17, 2011)
- Hold the Phone for Vital Signs (October 06, 2011)
- WPI Receives Accreditation for First-in-the-Nation Robotics Engineering Undergraduate Degree Program (October 04, 2011)
September 2011
- Neuroprosthetics 2012 to Focus on Neural Interfaces (September 28, 2011)
- WPI to Offer New Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (September 26, 2011)
- Professor Dalin Tang Elected a Fellow of the American Heart Association (September 26, 2011)
- WPI to Present 'Museum Visionary' Nina Simon at Higgins Armory on Sept. 22 (September 21, 2011)
- WPI Seminar Will Explore the Most Advanced Tools for Unlocking the Treasures That Lie Right at the Surface (September 20, 2011)
- WPI Receives More Than $15 Million for Scholarships (September 14, 2011)
- WPI Students Top Massachusetts Life Sciences Internship Challenge Program (September 13, 2011)
- The Challenge is On: Registration Opens for Robot Prize Competition (September 19, 2011)
- WPI to Help Lead a National Study Tackling the Lofty Challenge of Fighting Fires in High-Rises (September 07, 2011)
August 2011
- WPI’s Kicks-Off Fifth Year of 'Great Problems Seminars' With Talk by International 'Rural Entrepreneurship' Expert (August 31, 2011)
- WPI Welcomes the Class of 2015 (August 22, 2011)
- The Princeton Review Names WPI as A Top University; Ranks Institute 17th in Nation for Career Services (August 19, 2011)
- PayScale Reports WPI Graduates Among the Highest Paid in the Nation (August 19, 2011)
- WPI's Project Lead the Way Receives @Scale Endorsement from Massachusetts STEM Initiative (August 18, 2011)
- Open House for Biomanufacturing Job Training Program (August 02, 2011)
July 2011
- WPI Establishes a New Project Center on Nantucket (July 27, 2011)
- The 2012 Fiske Guide to Colleges Names WPI to its 'Most Interesting Colleges' List (July 26, 2011)
- National Fire Protection Association Conference Features Research Conducted by WPI Students (July 25, 2011)
- Biophysical Chemist Arne Gericke to Head WPI's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (July 25, 2011)
- In Memoriam: Donald Taylor '49, Trustee Emeritus and Generous Friend of WPI (July 20, 2011)
- WPI Kicks Off 15th Annual Camp Reach (July 15, 2011)
- International Workshop Held to Discuss Critical Need for Systems to Track First Responders In Buildings (July 18, 2011)
- WPI President Dennis Berkey to Serve on Council on Competitiveness (July 01, 2011)
