Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
John Boynton (c. 1791–1868) was an American tinware entrepreneur, politician, and philanthropist who founded Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. John Boynton was born in about 1791 to Elizabeth and Jeremiah Boynton, farmers in Mason, New Hampshire. Boynton served in the New Hampshire militia in 1814.
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1865, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities and now has 14 academic departments with over 50 bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degree programs.
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
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce President Tim Murray sent a letter to MassDevelopment on Worcester Polytechnic Institute's bid for two hotels.
On November 7, 2022, it was announced that Wang would be the 17th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute starting on April 3, 2023. [9] Wang was ceremonially inaugurated as president by the university on March 22, 2024. [10] She was ranked 44th on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023. [11]
Dennis D. Berkey is a mathematician and college administrator who had served as the 15th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2004 [4] until May, 2013. [5] At WPI he oversaw the development of a biotechnology center known as Gateway Park in Worcester, Massachusetts. He also oversaw an expansion in enrollment, a new residence hall ...
Ichabod Washburn (1798–1868) was an American Congregational deacon and industrialist from Worcester County, Massachusetts. His financial endowments led to the naming of Washburn College, now Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and the foundation of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Maccabee received a B.S. in physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from American University, Washington, D.C. In 1972 he began his career at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland; which later became the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.