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WIN 2013

The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)

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news from WPI Career Services HIGGINS HOUSE Ranked #17 Among National Colleges and Universities by the view from the hill From the Alumni Association President DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS, W PI is everywhere these days, earning all kinds of well-deserved recognition from media outlets and colleges guides across the nation. Among the most recent accolades, WPI was ranked among the top 20 smartest colleges in the nation by Lumosity, the online brain training and neuroscience research company. Results released in November 2012 are based on the cognitive performance of our students in Ƃve areas: speed, attention, ƃexibility, memory, and problem solving. The study examined game play data from more than 60,000 college and university students at 411 institutions; WPI ranked 19th—rubbing elbows with the likes of MIT, Yale, Harvard, and Carnegie Mellon. If you attended any of the Project Center receptions this fall, you have a good idea of just how smart WPI students are. We had a terriƂc event in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, hosted by WPI trustee Fred Rucker '81 and Provost Eric Overström. The students and their project work are so impressive, I'm certain those who attended the Washington event, as well as the Project Center events in Boston hosted by board chair Steve Rubin '74 in October and Wall Street hosted by School of Business Dean Mark Rice in December, left brimming with pride in their alma mater. More Project Center events are coming up this spring. In February, there are two events: in Silicon Valley, hosted by Karen Kashmanian, and in Worcester in hosted by Dean of Engineering Selçuk Güçeri. And in April Provost Overström will host a reception in Santa Fe. Visit Here for a lifetime. Find out more about the Career Development Center and how we can help alumni identify new career opportunities. I encourage you to put Alumni Weekend on your calendar— May 30June 2. 60 Winter 2013 Career Development Center +1 508-831-5260 cdcalumni@wpi.edu wpi.edu/+CDC

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