WPI Journal

Breaking New Ground for Women’s Health

With Opal Therapeutics, Morgan Stanton, PhD ’14, accelerates the development of new treatments for gynecological diseases and disorders.

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Morgan Stanton in the Opal Therapeutics lab

Commercializing Innovative AI

Two start-ups that first found their footing on WPI’s campus are introducing AI solutions to two industries that have traditionally relied on outdated and time-consuming data collection processes: public infrastructure and agriculture.

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The founders of Farmblox in a field in Waltham

The Burning Questions

A WPI research team has created its own niche by finding new ideas in unexplored places. Their results are toppling convention and opening new doors in the field of combustion and explosion science.

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Colorful illustration of flames and combustion research
Commercializing Innovative AI The founders of Farmblox in a field in Waltham

Commercializing Innovative AI

Two start-ups that first found their footing on WPI’s campus are introducing AI solutions to two industries that have traditionally relied on outdated and time-consuming data collection processes: public infrastructure and agriculture.

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The Burning Questions Colorful illustration of flames and combustion research

The Burning Questions

A WPI research team has created its own niche by finding new ideas in unexplored places. Their results are toppling convention and opening new doors in the field of combustion and explosion science.

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The Generalist with a Taste for Cider Donuts Alex Schwartz with a donut and virtual reality head set on a farm in Maine

The Generalist with a Taste for Cider Donuts

Alex Schwartz hosts an Instagram page (@ciderdonuteur) with thousands of rabid followers. But Schwartz also dabbles in music, woodworking, and small electronics—and built a wildly successful video game start-up.

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In Search of Potable Water on Mars Lydia Ellen Tonani-Penha

In Search of Potable Water on Mars

Lydia Ellen Tonani-Penha ’23, MS ’25, hopes to take the fiction out of science fiction.

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Cultural Buddy System Connects Students in Taiwan An Illustration showing a blue magpie, the national bird of Taiwan, on a blossoming tree

Cultural Buddy System Connects Students in Taiwan

Taiwan is a center for biotech, clean energy, and ecotourism, making it ideal for a WPI project center, where students tackle projects connecting society and technology.

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Q&A with Erica Brozovsky on the Backstory of Common Tech Words Erica Brozovsky

Q&A with Erica Brozovsky on the Backstory of Common Tech Words

The assistant teaching professor in the Department of Humanities and Arts answers questions on language and linguistics.

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Elizabeth Long Lingo Items found in Elizabeth Long Lingos office, including a monkey, a wheel and a harmonica

Elizabeth Long Lingo

Get to know Associate Professor Elizabeth Long Lingo through items found in her office.

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Winter Climate Adaptation in Worcester A person shoveling snow on a city street

Winter Climate Adaptation in Worcester

A recent student study explored the impacts of climate change on Worcester during the winter season, focusing on the vulnerability of critical infrastructure and populations.

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A Home on The Hill: WPI’s First Residence Hall Opens Archval photos of Sanford Riley and the residence hall named for him

A Home on The Hill: WPI’s First Residence Hall Opens

As more students came to campus from afar to learn the most modern scientific and engineering principles, campus administrators realized that the issue of student housing would become a barrier to growth.

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Anonymous Donors Contribute $6.1 Million to Support Students Four photos of students who are in class and the lab

Anonymous Donors Contribute $6.1 Million to Support Students

Although some donors have chosen to remain anonymous, the impact their gifts make on The Hill and beyond are clear and present.

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Alumni Survey Confirms Value of Project-Based Learning A group of students working in Costa Rica

Alumni Survey Confirms Value of Project-Based Learning

Data from a recent alumni survey prove that working on multiple hands-on projects throughout a college career equips students with valuable skills that contribute to their personal and professional success.

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A WIN-Win: Girls Talk Math A group picture of the participants in the 2024 Girls Talk Math program

A WIN-Win: Girls Talk Math

Women’s Impact Network supports the Girls Talk Math program.

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A Meaningful Life in the Age of AI An AI generated image of AI on a purple background

A Meaningful Life in the Age of AI

Assistant Professor Richard Lopez writes about finding meaning in life in the age of AI.

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