Fall 2021

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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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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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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In-person Projects Return to Acadia National Park Acadia National Park
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In-person Projects Return to Acadia National Park

Back in grade school, some teachers would start off the academic year with a writing prompt,...

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Ask the Archivist: Rockwood Sprinkler Company Rockwell Sprinkler Company
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Ask the Archivist: Rockwood Sprinkler Company

When it was acquired by Gamewell Company in 1930, the Rockwood Sprinkler Company of Worcester employed...

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Sense of Place: Back in Action Football at Alumni Field
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Sense of Place: Back in Action

After a year of pandemic-induced silence, Alumni Stadium awakened with a roar of activity this fall,...

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