The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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wpindex Average reaction time in seconds of a Grand Prix racecar driver: 0.39 Of a Greyhound Bus driver: 0.75 Of a typical American driver: 1.50 Percentage of start-up companies that fail within their Ƃrst six months: 45 Amount of VC funding start-up companies received in the 2nd quarter of 2012: $556,000,000 Percentage of that investment that targeted biopharma companies: 79 Factor by which goat cheese contains more niacin than cow cheese: 3 Factor by which goat cheese contains more copper than cow cheese: 4 Number of weeks "Centerfold" by the J. Geils Band was ranked #1 on Billboard's Top 40: 6 Number of weeks "Can't Buy Me Love" by the Beatles held that spot: 5 Number of annual CD sales needed for a recording artist to make minimum wage: 1,859 Number of CDs sold in the U.S. last year: 223 million Number of WPI alumni who made an Annual Fund gift or pledge via phone in 2009: 2,251 Number in 2012: 6,882 Number of U.S. citizens working as professional TV or Ƃlm actors: 2,113,424 Number working as special effects creators: 104,471 Number of negatives Oscar Rejlander combined in 1856 to make the world's Ƃrst "trick photograph": 30 Number of weeks it took to Ƃnish the project: 6 Total box ofƂce revenue from top 10 grossing Ƃlms of all time: $13,146,000,000 Percentage of these top 10 Ƃlms that relied heavily on special effects: 100 Rank via box ofƂce sales of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone among all movies: 15 Percentage of these ticket sales generated outside the U.S: 67 Percentage increase of Vitamin A contained in goat cheese compared to cow cheese: 47 Percentage increase of the antioxidant selenium found in goat cheese compared to cow cheese: 27 Total dollars raised by WPI phonathon students in 2009: $177,375 Total raised in 2012: $313,578 Average monthly fee Americans paid to watch TV in 1970: $0 Average monthly fee Americans pay to watch TV in 2013: $124 Recommended Ƃrst-time gift to the WPI Annual Fund: $50 THE A N N UA L FUND WPI The WPIndex is sponsored by the WPI Annual Fund, which has been helping WPI students succeed since 1924. Winter 2013 7