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Tiffiny Butler (center) works with a group of students during New Student Orientation.
July 16, 2020
Media Coverage
WPI Gets $1M Grant to Enroll Worcester Students in STEM
The Telegram & Gazette reported on the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarding WPI a $1 million grant to help low-income, high-achieving students earn a STEM degree from the university. WPI Director of Multicultural Affairs and Biomedical Engineering Professor Tiffiny Butler is principal investigator, while Katherine Chen, executive director of the STEM Education Center, is co-principal investigator.
A Trio of African American Women Faculty Taking on New Roles
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education noted Tiffiny A. Butler, teaching professor of biomedical engineering at WPI, being named director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs here at WPI.