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Understanding the Roots of Cancer Sharon Savage at work
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Understanding the Roots of Cancer

For Sharon Savage ’91, MD, chief of the clinical genetics branch at the National Cancer Institute, telomere biology may be the key to fixing what’s broken.

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Charting the Unknown Manasi Vartak
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Charting the Unknown

Manasi Vartak '10 founded Verta to help companies build AI-enabled products faster than ever.

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Stimulating Innovation Stimulating Innovation illustration
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Stimulating Innovation

Tune into the entrepreneurial subculture at WPI and you’ll discover innovators with a bevy of ideas focused on solving real problems. Some aim to commercialize their ideas, others to refine a research technique, develop an academic project, or find new approaches to address social justice causes.

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A Space Dream Realized Ryan McDevitt and Matt Shea
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A Space Dream Realized

In his application essay, Matt Shea '03 wrote that he dreamed of sending something into space. Now 20 years later, that dream has become a reality. He joined with longtime friend Ryan McDevitt ’03 to start Benchmark Space Systems, which builds propulsion systems for satellites.

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The Never-Ending Crisis An illustration depecting elements from WPI's efforts to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic
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The Never-Ending Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic posed an existential threat to the WPI community. This is the story, told in 13 chapters, of the process and the people behind WPI’s response to this monumental challenge.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Timeline
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Timeline

A look back at events that first occurred in late December 2019 all the way to August 2021.

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