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WPI Researcher Receives $542,500 Award to Identify What Makes Lyme Disease Tick

Jeffrey Bourgeois will study role of human genes in inflammatory responses caused by Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria ...
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Mending Broken Hearts

Biomedical engineering researcher Shijie Zhou brings a computational approach to the quest for better treatments for ...
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Feeling at Home at WPI

Brittany Frederick, director of ODIME, talks about helping students feel comfortable with who they are and about finding her own sense of belonging on campus ...
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First-Year Students

First-year international applicants seeking aid must file the CSS Profile by their admissions deadline. More information for first-year international applicants can be found here. Note: These ...
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Early Research Experience in E-Term

The WPI 2026 EREE Summer Program will be open for student applications in February 2026. The Early Research Experience in E Term (EREE) program offers an in-person, on-campus, full-time first research ...
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Minor in Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship minor requires the completion of six courses from several business subject areas. Visit the catalog to learn about course options. To declare an Entrepreneurship minor, please see ...
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WPI Named a Top 5 School for Study Abroad

While many colleges and universities offer study abroad programs, few provide international experiential learning ...
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Students Create First-of-Its Kind Prosthetic Flipper for Maimed Sea Turtle

Applying engineering know-how to turtle biomechanics, a team of WPI engineering students developed the first ever hydrodynamic biomimetic prosthetic fin using inexpensive 3-D printing, that may help ...
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Paralyzed Patients Have Weaker Bones and a Higher Risk of Fractures than Expected

Study by team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute shows standard bone density scans may underestimate the fracture risk for spinal cord injury patients and, by extension, those with osteoporosis.
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Early Research Finds Extracts from Sweet Wormwood Plant Can Inhibit the COVID-19 Virus

A team of researchers that includes Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biology Professor Pamela Weathers has found that extracts from the leaves of the Artemisia annua plant, a medicinal herb also known ...
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WPI Researcher Develops Self-Healing Concrete that Could Multiply Structures’ Lifespans, Slash Damaging CO2 Emissions

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are using an enzyme found in red blood cells to create self-healing concrete that is four times more durable than traditional concrete, extending ...
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From Headlights to Tailgates, WPI Study Finds Reusing Auto Parts Lowers Carbon Footprint and Strengthens Domestic Supply Chains

A first-of-its-kind study from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) shows that reusing automobile parts can greatly cut greenhouse gas emissions without sacrificing the quality of the products. The ...