School of Arts & Sciences

Imagine. Innovate. Integrate. Impact.

The School of Arts & Sciences touches every aspect of work at WPI. Woven throughout our disciplines, the seamless interactions between and among the arts and sciences—as well as engineering and business—allows sparks of imagination to come to life through scientific, technological, artistic, and humanistic innovation. 

The arts and sciences do not just overcome barriers between disciplines but eliminate them such that the possibilities are limitless. Guided by three concepts—Imagine, Innovate, Impact—our students and faculty work together on projects and in classrooms and labs with the dedicated commitment to promote discovery and communication, advance knowledge, and improve the human condition. 

This is a place where music, art, and design thinking allow our scientists and engineers to have long-lasting impact, inspiring and exciting the imagination to reach their own stars, regardless of what they choose to research or study.  

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Arts & Sciences in Action

The 2021 WPI Concert Band's Virtual Exhibition, APART, is an engaging and creative presentation including aerial drone footage of the campus during the last piece. Performance order: Percy Grainger's "Shepherd's Hey", David Biedenbender's "Melodious Thunk" and Rossano Galante's "Journey Through the Stratosphere."

Meet Our Students

Robbie Oleynick '24
Robbie Oleynick '24
BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering

At WPI, Robbie is pursuing his passion for music alongside his interest in electrical & computer engineering and computer science[...]

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Darren Cole
Darren Cole
PhD, Computational Media

Artist Darren loves to dream big and appreciates WPI’s dedication to helping students achieve their goals[...]

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Faculty Snapshot

Rebecca Moody

See what the professor of teaching, arts & sciences keeps in her office. 

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Crossing Fronteras

The LACS podcast series – Crossing Fronteras – focuses on contemporary scholarship and art in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. It broadcasts interviews with scholars and creatives from institutions around New England working on the region

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Featured Project

The Call of Karen Comedy Simulation Game

For the four members of Team Trumbus, the Major Qualifying Project (MQP) marked their professional beginnings and brought home the reality of how good teamwork makes a difference. Their MQP produced The Call of Karen, a PC comedy simulation game released in July and now owned by more than 100,000 players around the world.

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Advancing Research

Translating Science into Art

Dmitry Korkin, professor of computer science, and a team of graduate students used molecular modeling to reconstruct the 3D structure of major viral proteins and their interactions with human proteins. This remarkable work was published in Viruses, a leading virology journal. A stunning glass sculpture of the coronavirus particle by Scottish artist Angela Palmer, based on Korkin’s model, is on display at the UK’s Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

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Alumni Impact

Manasi Vartak '10

Manasi Vartak '10 founded Verta to help companies build AI-enabled products faster than ever.

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Music and Science in Harmony

For Sergio Salvatore ’02, coding is just a form of composing.

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Building Consensus in the Midst of Crisis

Julie Cerqueira ’02 brings the urgent call for clean energy to the international community

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Music Worcester Celebrates Bach's Birthday

A weekend celebration in March 2025 paying tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach will include a concert including singers from WPI choirs, led by Joshua Rohde, director of choral activities.

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FSU and WPI partner on transfer agreements and accelerated master’s programs

A new agreement will allow pre-engineering students at Framingham State to transfer into WPI's School of Engineering to complete a bachelor's degree in engineering if they meet minimum academic requirements. The partnership also provides opportunities for students to join accelerated master's degree programs in data science, medicinal chemistry, and neuroscience.

 

 

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SWEEPS Educational Initiative Offers Application Security Training

WPI is offering educational programs aimed at improving the country’s software security. The Strengthen Workforce Education for Excellence in Programming Securely (SWEEPS) program will include a variety of options focused on improved security in computer coding, including online courses and certificate programs, offered by a coalition of universities and colleges. "The increasing frequency of large-scale cyberattacks reinforces the need for more experts in secure programming," said Xiaoyan (Sherry) Sun, associate professor of computer science, an administrator of the program.

 

 

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Broadway World
Music Worcester Celebrates Bach's Birthday

A weekend celebration in March 2025 paying tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach will include a concert including singers from WPI choirs, led by Joshua Rohde, director of choral activities.

The Gatepost
FSU and WPI partner on transfer agreements and accelerated master’s programs

A new agreement will allow pre-engineering students at Framingham State to transfer into WPI's School of Engineering to complete a bachelor's degree in engineering if they meet minimum academic requirements. The partnership also provides opportunities for students to join accelerated master's degree programs in data science, medicinal chemistry, and neuroscience.

 

 

Dark Reading
SWEEPS Educational Initiative Offers Application Security Training

WPI is offering educational programs aimed at improving the country’s software security. The Strengthen Workforce Education for Excellence in Programming Securely (SWEEPS) program will include a variety of options focused on improved security in computer coding, including online courses and certificate programs, offered by a coalition of universities and colleges. "The increasing frequency of large-scale cyberattacks reinforces the need for more experts in secure programming," said Xiaoyan (Sherry) Sun, associate professor of computer science, an administrator of the program.

 

 

Additional Publications: Daily Democrat

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