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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.
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 Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI (Mass Academy/MAMS) is a public, non-residential magnet school in Worcester, Massachusetts, to serve academically advanced youth in grades eleven and twelve in math, science, and technology.
The following is a list of Worcester Polytechnic Institute fraternities and sororities. As of 2023, there were thirteen active fraternities and seven sororities. As of 2023, there were thirteen active fraternities and seven sororities.
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 following individuals have all obtained degrees or otherwise studied at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Pages in category "Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total.
The WPI Engineers college football team represents Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). The Engineers compete as part of the NCAA Division III. The program has had 11 head coaches since it began play during the 1887 season.
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.