Worcester Polytechnic Institute News

The National Fire Protection Association Fire Safety Education Memorial Fund has made it a tradition to award students each year with scholarships to recognize their pursuit of careers in fire safety.

The Fourth of July is this Saturday and, for most of us, that means fireworks, pool parties and backyard barbecues.

In the groves of academe where chalky pedagogues wear out bad tweed jackets and write windy dissertations on such subjects as Sanskrit history and the importance of the oboe, titles can be a bit of challenge: What, for example, do you call digital artists and multimedia types who are brought in to instruct students in the art of creating and ...

Bates College from Maine crushed Trinity College of Dublin by three lengths in the Temple Cup for student eights at the Henley Royal Regatta on Wednesday.

A 76-year-old woman tending her garden at her Mount Hope Terrace apartment near Worcester Polytechnic Institute this morning was attacked by what appeared to be a rabid fox.

Tenacity is living up to its name by persevering in its mission to bring tennis and literacy to urban youth in the face of a recession that has seen some of the nonprofit organization's funding dry up.

People who find success and happiness in life often point to something or someone in their youth that helped them find their direction.

Health Science became the city's first Payment in Lieu of Taxes contributor, there were widespread cheers from many politicians and activists, who had long been suggesting a PILOT program as a budgetary panacea, at least for certain segments of the city's finances.

The Army Officers' Wives Club of the Greater Washington Area presented 45 scholarships on June 9 at Quarters 1 on Fort Myer, the home of Army Chief of Staff Gen.

But wait The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education is recommending a minimum 185-day school year and ditching February and April vacations for a single week in March.

The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation will donate $500,000 to Worcester schools and team with four local colleges in an effort to improve graduation rates.

When Dennis Berkey, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, announced that WPI is giving a long-term gift to the city that amounts to about $9 million in 25 years, he also handed a check for $50,000 to Paul J. Levenson, an activist extraordinaire, who made a lasting contribution to Worcester by restoring Tuckerman Hall.

Kathleen Millard, principal of McCann Technical School, has announced Alexander L. Segala as valedictorian and Hannah K. Nuvallie as salutatorian for the class of 2009.

Anthony Richardson, son of Peter and Kathy Richardson of Haverhill, graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in May with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering.

Cambridge Who's Who is an exclusive membership organization that recognizes and empowers executives, professionals and entrepreneurs throughout the world.

A Barre man has bequeathed $1 million to his hometown and neighboring Barre Town to complete planned bike paths in the two communities.

Ellen Carroll of Portsmouth, R.I., the No. 1 student in the Bishop Stang High School class of 2009, delivered the valedictory address at the May 31, 2009 graduation.

When Dee Lockwood started in the fire protection engineering business in the 1960s, fire suppression systems were a lot simpler.

The Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School Class of 2009 left its home of four years high above the canal yesterday, proudly marching out into an uncertain world that, for one sun-splashed day at least, seemed wide and wonderful.

PROVIDENCE, RI, June 07, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ananke, Inc. announced today that T.J. Saotome has been brought on as a Senior Systems Engineer.