Check out what the WPI community was up to last month (hint: lots of innovation and little to no sleep, especially with finals approaching) through the lenses of our talented staff photographers.
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The Month in Photos: March 2019
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Soccer legend Kristine Lilly stopped by for a presentation and shared her fight for gender equality and equal pay.
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The Black Student Union’s annual fashion show, Revelation, offered attendees a night of fashion, music, dancing, and more.
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Middle and high school students visited campus for DynamiQueST, an interactive event from MIT that offers the chance to understand and participate in simulated world climate negotiations.
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The standing-room-only crowd didn’t underestimate the gravity of this year’s University Lecture, “Space Exploration: Past, Present, and Future, a Celebration of 50 Years Since Apollo,” featuring NASA chief scientist James Green and Steven Rothstein, executive director of the John F. Kennedy Foundation.
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Global, entrepreneurial, and academic experts gathered to present on and discuss WPI’s role in the future of work and the workforce.
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No, you napped for three hours after indulging in all the delicious treats at this year’s International Food Festival.
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When we say, “Don’t step on the seal,” we mean it.
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Carley Dykstra ’19 became WPI’s first All-American in the pole vault with a fourth-place clearance at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships.
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WPI welcomed hundreds of participants while hosting the annual Women in Data Science Central Massachusetts Conference, considered part of the largest analytics conference in the world.
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We celebrated 50 years of WPI’s Department of Computer Science (it doesn’t look a day over 25).
Jack Bauer ’19 just kept swimming—he reset the school record for the 100-yard backstroke, earning silver at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, and bronze in the 200-yard backstroke the next day.
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Ah, spring. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining ... well, close enough.