What defines WPI? Learning and research with a purpose, as these stories show:
Every day, in areas such as health care, energy, and education, WPI faculty and students collaborate across disciplines to solve some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Lehr und Kunst. German for Theory and Practice, it's WPI's founding motto and the principle that still underlies our academic programs today. In class, in projects, and in research, students and faculty put knowledge into action to make the world better.
WPI is a Partner in National Center for Cognition and Mathematics Instruction
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the center will apply cognitive science principles to redesign a widely used middle school mathematics curriculum. >
WPI Engineering Undergrads Praise University's Learning Environment
The quality of instruction in WPI's engineering majors fares better than some of the university's peer schools, according to a survey by the national Project to Assess Climate in Engineering. >
Boston Globe Spotlights New WPI School of Business
In a Nov. 13, 2010, article headlined "With its new school, WPI means business," The Boston Globe focused on the elevation of WPI's highly-ranked Management Department into a School of Business. >
New York Times Calls on WPI's Dickens Expert
When the Times wanted to know if embattled U.S. Representative Charles Rangel's plight is right out of Charles Dickens's Bleak House, they called on internationally known authority Joel J. Brattin. >
WPI Director of Global Operations Wins Second Prestigious International Education Award
Natalie Mello puts WPI's global projects program in the national spotlight as winner of NAFSA's Sally M. Heym Award. >
WPI Professor David Dollenmayer Wins Austrian Cultural Forum New York's 2010 Translation Prize
Dollenmayer, a professor of German in the WPI Humanities and Arts Department, will be honored at an awards ceremony Dec. 6 in New York City. >
