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Project-based learning shapes lives. 95% of our alumni surveyed report the multiple projects they did in their WPI education prepared them well for their current career. Our distinctive approach has garnered prestigious awards recognizing undergraduate research and teamwork on real-world problems at project centers on six continents. Our commitment to expanding access to off-campus projects drives new initiatives centered on the student experience. For more than 50 years, project-based learning has been at the core of WPI’s educational model and this year, our Institute on Project-Based Learning turns 10. The Institute is a 2.5-day intensive workshop and is the flagship offering of our Center for Project-Based Learning, serving as a resource to promote and support efforts by colleges and universities looking to advance project-based learning on their campuses.

Natalie Farny is launching a $1.2 million, five-year project that could advance the use of bacteria for environmental cleanups by determining how a critical biological process regulates genes in bacteria as they adapt to conditions outside of laboratories.