A photo taken from behind the Proud Goat statue on the Quad at sunset.

The Month in Photos: April 2019

May 01, 2019

April was its typical blur of activity on the WPI campus, with everything from Project Presentation Day to QuadFest to a visit from Governor Baker. But before we move on to next month’s festivities, let’s take a look back at what our community has been up to this month, courtesy of our talented staff photographers and videographers.

Offices and Departments

Michael Timko
Michael Timko
William B. Smith Professor and Department Head of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Sharing that “ah hah” moment with a student struggling and suddenly mastering a difficult concept; helping expand the intellectual horizons of an aspiring engineer; tackling and solving problems that challenge the energy, economic, and environmental security with passionate stude [...]
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Jean King
Jean King
Philip R. and Paul S. Morgan Professor, Biology & Biotechnology
Dr. Jean King is the Philip R. and Paul S. Morgan Endowed Professor of Biology & Biotechnology, an active neuroscientist who previously served in the administrative role as the Peterson Family Dean of Arts & Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Prior to this role, [...]
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Alexander Wyglinski
Alexander Wyglinski
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Alexander M. Wyglinski is the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at WPI since 2021.  In this role, Dr. Wyglinski’s activities primarily focus on devising sustainable, scalable, and innovative solutions for enabling individuals to pursue graduate degree programs in support of [...]
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Doug Petkie
Doug Petkie
Interim Dean, Graduate and Professional Studies, Physics
I am delighted to collaborate with students and colleagues to enhance WPI’s global impact. WPI offers a vibrant and dynamic environment that emphasizes experiential learning and interdisciplinary research, with near-peer mentorship spanning the undergraduate and graduate programs [...]
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Jennifer Rudolph
Jennifer Rudolph
Professor,
Humanities and Arts - HUA
By training, I am a political historian of China and Japan. Coming to WPI has expanded how I view my own research and teaching and what can be done with them. I’ve led WPI’s efforts to build China-related programs for STEM students on campus and off. With like-minded colleagues I [...]
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Craig Shue
Craig Shue
Professor & Department Head, Computer Science
I am interested in computer networking and security. Given the significance of the Internet in our economy and society, I am interested in improvements and studies that can have a real-world impact. My recent work has focused on how to make both enterprise and residential network [...]
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Steve Taylor
Steve Taylor
PR - Professor, The Business School
My research is focused in two areas: Organizational aesthetics takes seriously the idea that management is as much an art as it is a science, and applies art-based scholarship and practice to management and organizations. Reflective practice is the ability to analyze our own acti [...]
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Sweet Caroline, indeed—WPI announced its partnership with the Worcester Red Sox as their academic technology advisor, helping the club design and develop Polar Park, future home of the AAA team.

Gordon Library played host to the annual ART|WPI show, where members of the WPI community displayed their artwork. (Don’t worry, everyone’s ears remained attached).

Organized by Colleges Against Cancer (which was recognized as Organization of the Year at this year's Student Recognition Awards Ceremony), over 1,100 members of the WPI community rallied together to raise over $146,000 at this year’s Relay for Life. In just 12 years, WPI's Colleges Against Cancer organization has raised just over $1 million dollars––including this year's efforts––for the American Cancer Society.

A close-up of an animatronic head.

This year’s Project Presentation Day featured senior work that was—wait for it—head and shoulders above the rest.

Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker recently visited WPI to announce that PracticePoint has been named as the state's first “sandbox” in a new grant program to help healthcare technology start-ups access tech development space.

A photo taken from behind the Proud Goat statue on the Quad at sunset.

We always try to keep campus as beautiful as possible, but sometimes nature just makes our job easy.

Standout WPI students were honored at the Student Recognition Awards Ceremony for their achievements in and out of the classroom.

The words flowed at the annual Women Authors Evening, which featured a panel including Hank Philippi Ryan, Carrie Johnson, Margot Livesey, and Anita Diamant (who had stopped by a travel writing class earlier in the day to workshop student essays).

The WPI community came out in full force to support and learn more about the research being done by graduate students at this year’s Graduate Research Innovation Exchange.

The Women's Rowing team made history, winning the program's first NEWMAC championship on April 27.

Hop in the DeLorean and go back to when Jean King, Doug Petkie, Jennifer Rudolph, Craig Shue, Steven Taylor, and Alex Wyglinski gathered to discuss the future role of 5G technology as part of the Critical Conversations series.

Chemical engineering professor Mike Timko is part of a research team developing a process to produce isobutanol, which could be a replacement for gasoline and other fossil fuels.

We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Department of Computer Science.

The Men's Rowing team earned second place at the Baker Cup on April 21.

Water balloons to watermelons, boat races to Big Shows—man, the goats are nonstop. Take a look back at what was one fantastic year.