Worcester Polytechnic Institute News

Emergency medical workers tend to a man who burned his hands in the blaze. The bucket of ice was retrieved from the nearby Boynton Restaurant.

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. , the industry leader in technology for small cell base stations, today announced that Preetinder S. Virk assumed the role of senior vice president and general manager, communications convergence processing , effective May 14, 2012.

Demetri Bovopoulos West High School, GPA 4.31, Scored 36 on ACT, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholarship of $2,000 College: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, majoring in biomed engineering.

From left, Traci Blecher, Jen Pendergast, Erin Ducey, Jim Madigan, Tom Stanovcich, and Cornelius Madigan at scholarship presentation by Unibank and Wheelabrator on Friday morning.

My belief - shared by many education experts - is that the discussion is focusing on the wrong question.

The study, which is conducted annually by the National Association of College and University Business Officers , tracks the year over year performance of more than 800 public and private colleges nationwide.

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Guillermo Vincentelli, a senior in the Precision Machining and Automated Manufacturing program at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, was recently named the Outstanding Vocational Technical Student at the school, and was honored at a dinner at Mechanics Hall in Worcester.

The new microthread extrusion system is in the final stages of testing and validation, and will soon be manufacturing thousands of hair-like biopolymer threads a day at WPI's Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park.

CENTRAL Mass. - Nearly 3,000 Girl Scouts, family and friends will convene on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mullins Center, UMass, Amherst, to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouts in the United States.

Tension and resentment surrounding allegations of racial profiling remained close to the surface last night at the Greater Hammond Heights Neighborhood Association's annual meeting.

Three ABD Academy players who attend Murrieta Mesa High have picked colleges. They are pitcher/catcher Jonathan Bishop , infielder Miles Schuler and pitcher/outfielder Daniel Robinson .