Research News Releases
November 2009
- Frank Hoy Installed as WPI's First Paul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (November 20, 2009)
- WPI Researchers Take Aim at Hard-to-Treat Fungal Infections (November 19, 2009)
- WPI Historian Steven Bullock Featured in CNN Report on the Masons (November 13, 2009)
October 2009
- Stem Cell Journal Editors Share Paper on Research Done at WPI with Wider Scientific Audience (October 23, 2009)
- Robotics Teams Featuring WPI Students, Alumni Sweep Top 3 Prizes in 2009 NASA Lunar Excavation Challenge (October 21, 2009)
- Diran Apelian Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (October 21, 2009)
- Advancing Biofuels: EdeniQ Licenses WPI Technology (October 15, 2009)
- Kavanagh Named Developer for Next Phase at Gateway Park (October 06, 2009)
September 2009
- Mass. Clean Energy Center Awards Grant to Worcester's Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability (September 28, 2009)
- WPI Receives $1.3 Million for Ongoing Life Sciences Research (September 24, 2009)
- Noted Expert on History of Freemasonry Available to Reporters Covering Release of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (September 14, 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 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)
July 2009
- Reprogramming Human Cells Without Inserting Genes (July 29, 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)
- Telegram & Gazette highlights WPI's Aerospace Engineering Program (July 20, 2009)
- Internationally Known Authority on Entrepreneurship to Join WPI as First Beswick Professor (July 17, 2009)
June 2009
- WPI Professor James Van de Ven, Alumnus Allan Katz Win 2009 Kalenian Award (June 25, 2009)
- Two WPI Educators Elected Fellows of American Society for Engineering Education (June 18, 2009)
- WPI Wins Award for Java Technology Developed with Sun Microsystems (June 03, 2009)
- WPI Scientist to Serve as Program Director at the National Science Foundation (June 03, 2009)
May 2009
- WPI Receives $621,000 in NIH Research Awards (May 29, 2009)
- WPI to Host Robotics Researchers for Annual New England Manipulation Symposium on May 29 (May 26, 2009)
- WPI Professor Receives Fulbright Scholarship to Conduct Research on Tissue Engineering in Ireland (May 13, 2009)
April 2009
- Jeanine Plummer Installed as First Schwaber Professor of Environmental Engineering at WPI (April 27, 2009)
- WPI to Host 200 Mathematicians at Regional American Mathematical Society Conference (April 24, 2009)
- WPI's Annual Showcase for Student Innovation is April 23 (April 17, 2009)
- WPI To Host National Neuroprosthetics Conference (April 16, 2009)
- WPI to Train Displaced Workers in Massachusetts for New Jobs in Biomanufacturing (April 09, 2009)
March 2009
- GRAD 2009: Annual Showcase of Graduate Research at WPI Set for April 1 (March 27, 2009)
- CellThera and WPI Advance in Regeneration Study (March 23, 2009)
- WPI Announces New PhD Program in Biochemistry (March 19, 2009)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute to Offer Master's Program in Robotics Engineering (March 16, 2009)
- Master's Degree Tuition Discount Program Allows WPI Seniors and Recent Graduates to Enhance Education, Increase Earning Potential – at a Significantly Lower Cost (March 10, 2009)
- Measuring the Impact of Electronic Medical Records (March 05, 2009)
February 2009
- Student Research Shows Solar Energy Could Save Money for School District (February 26, 2009)
- WPI Senior David Willens Wins ASME Student Manufacturing Design Award (February 24, 2009)
- New Fulbright Scholars from WPI Are Addressing Rural Development in Nepal and Risk Communication in Thailand (February 13, 2009)
- WPI Professor and Institute Head Elected to National Academy of Engineering (February 12, 2009)
- At WPI, Some Students Are Learning It's OK to Peek (February 10, 2009)
January 2009
- Shire HGT Teams Up with WPI to Expand Workforce Training Programs for Biologics Manufacturing (January 28, 2009)
- Diran Apelian, Director of WPI's Metal Processing Institute, Elected to the Armenian Academy of Sciences (January 14, 2009)
- WPI's University Lecture to Focus on Climate Change and Alternative Energy (January 12, 2009)
December 2008
- WPI Professor David Adams Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (December 18, 2008)
- WPI Receives Key Sponsorship, $100,000 Pledge from RJA for New Fire Sciences Lab (December 17, 2008)
- Digitization Project Is Making It Possible to Experience Charles Dickens as His Earliest Readers Did (December 11, 2008)
- Study Shows Novel Bioreactor Enhances Interleukin-12 Production in Genetically Modified Tobacco Plants (December 03, 2008)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute Appoints New Dean of Undergraduate Studies (December 02, 2008)
November 2008
- WPI Welcomes New Scholars and Educators to its Faculty (November 21, 2008)
- Massachusetts Professor of the Year Award Goes to a WPI Faculty Member for Second Straight Year (November 20, 2008)
- National Professional Science Master's Association to Announce First Board of Advisors at National Conference (November 10, 2008)
October 2008
- US Department of Homeland Security Grants WPI Award to Advance State of First-Responder Location Systems (October 29, 2008)
- Growing Fuel and Medicine: Advancing Biofuels and Plant-Produced Therapeutics (October 27, 2008)
- Kristin Wobbe Installed as First Metzger Professor of Chemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (October 15, 2008)
- WPI to Host Unique Forum Featuring University's Scientists, Engineers, and Key Administrators Discussing the Importance of Voting in November Presidential Election (October 02, 2008)
September 2008
- Taking the Next Step Toward Advanced Artificial Limbs (September 25, 2008)
- WPI and UMass Medical School Faculty Team Up on Translational Research for Stroke and Heart Disease (September 11, 2008)
- Mass. Life Sciences Center CEO Susan Windham-Bannister to Address State's Biomedical Boom at WPI Venture Forum on Sept. 9 (September 05, 2008)
- WPI Receives $900,000 NIH Award for Research Aimed at Transforming Adult Skin Cells into Stem-Like Cells (September 03, 2008)
- WPI Graduate Student Jason Cox Receives U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal For Research in IED Detection Technology (September 02, 2008)
August 2008
- TIME Magazine's 1996 'Man of the Year,' AIDS Researcher David Ho to Speak at WPI (August 20, 2008)
- Alternative Energy Hits the Road (August 11, 2008)
July 2008
- Cranberry Juice Creates Energy Barrier that Prevents Bacteria from Adhering to Cells, New Study Shows (July 22, 2008)
- New Endowed Professorship in the Life Sciences and Bioengineering Established at WPI (July 16, 2008)
- A High Tech, High Stakes Game of Hide and Seek (July 16, 2008)
- Virginia Ward '08 Named WPI's First Fulbright Scholar (July 03, 2008)
