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WPI alumnus makes $3 million donation to university

Paul Covec, a former Silicon Valley business executive and real estate developer, made a hefty donation to WPI's $500 million ...
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WPI Receives $3 Million from Alumnus

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received a $3 million gift from Paul Covec ’64 to support big ideas and bold ...
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Director of WPI's Metal Processing Institute elected to the Armenian Academy of Sciences

WORCESTER, Mass. – Diran Apelian, Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and founder and director of the university's Metal Processing Institute, has been ...
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WPI closes deal on controversial purchase of two Worcester hotels

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has finalized the purchase of two hotels that will be turned into student housing, a spokesperson for the university confirmed to MassLive. The Courtyard Marriott ...
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A ghost of Christmas past: Charles Dickens' ties to Worcester, WPI

There would certainly be interest on this side of the Atlantic as well. Dickens has been to the United States the year before and spent his 30th birthday on Feb. 7, 1842, in Worcester where the young ...
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Worcester leaders resigned to hotel deal with WPI, say it was best city could get

City and business leaders in Worcester have expressed mixed feelings after Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the city came to an agreement that involves the university making payments to the ...
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WPI Alumni Survey Confirms Value of Project-Based Learning in Higher Education

WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than fifty years after Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) revolutionized its undergraduate engineering education, data from a recent alumni survey prove that ...
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WPI launches the nation’s first fintech PhD program

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has announced the establishment of the country’s first PhD program in financial technology (fintech). With the university already offering both bachelor’s and master’s ...
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WPI makes controversial purchase of two Worcester hotels official, buys properties for combined $46M

Two Worcester hotels, the Hampton Inn at 65 Prescott St. (left) and the Courtyard by Marriott at 72 Grove St., were purchased by WPI in September. IMAGE COURTESY OF GOOGLE EARTH The blowback against ...
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