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Worcester Polytechnic Institute was founded by self-made tinware manufacturer, John Boynton, and Ichabod Washburn, owner of the world's largest wire mill.Boynton envisioned science schooling that would elevate the social position of the mechanic and manufacturer, but not necessarily teach the skills needed to become either.
MWCC and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have entered into a new transfer agreement to provide seamless pathways for students pursuing a college degree in STEM fields, officials have announced.
The following is a list of Worcester Polytechnic Institute fraternities and sororities. As of 2023, there were thirteen active fraternities and seven sororities. [1]
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Blacksburg, Virginia: 1872 Public 31,224 $0.818 Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Worcester, Massachusetts: 1865 Private not-for-profit 6,381 $0.436 Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity
The WPI Engineers football team has competed since 1887 and has the distinction of being Worcester's first college football team. The team has had three undefeated, untied seasons (1938, 1954 and 1983), two Freedom Football Conference (FFC) Championships (1992 and 1993), and one NEWMAC Championship (2019).
Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI, informally: "Worcester PolyTech") was founded in 1865 as the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science by John Boynton and Ichabod Washburn (and Stephen Salisbury II, Emory Washburn, George Frisbee Hoar, Phillip Moen, Seth Sweetser, David Whitcomb, and Charles O. Thompson).
The WPI Engineers men's basketball team is the college basketball program representing Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The Engineers compete in the Division III (DIII) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the NEWMAC. WPI's men's basketball program began competing regularly as a varsity sport in 1918. The team is ...
Other changes that were fueled, in part, by federal dollars include the Gateway Park Project, in cooperation with Worcester Polytechnic Institute, that brought bioengineering and life sciences ...