Wentworth News Archive

Ethan Arrowood—a Computer Science student graduating this August—is proof that the road to a top tech company like Microsoft may not be easy, but it is incredibly rewarding.

The windows in the Center for Engineering, Innovation, and Sciences (CEIS) next to the Pike walkway have appeared more colorful than usual this summer, but the installation within is more than just a pretty sight.

For the students who helped piece everything together, the “1,000 Words” installation in the gallery vitrine of the CEIS common area represents how the Wentworth community sees itself.

Wentworth Institute of Technology hosted Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, July 19 during a special innovation workshop on climate resilience. Planned as part of a Dutch trade mission to the Boston area, the session focused on water resources and urban infrastructure.

Seven leather manufacturers from Italy and Spain paid a visit to Wentworth to discuss industry opportunities and challenges as part of a ThinkTank workshop on July 11.

You might be forgiven if you thought you stepped into an REI or L.L. Bean on Wentworth’s campus this week. “Adventure Awaits,” an Industrial Design project on exhibit until July 18 has transformed the Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences into a showroom complete with student-created camping and outdoor equipment.

A few of the items displayed include:

Deanna Kondek was a sophomore in high school when she won first prize in a bridge-building competition. “Then I heard from someone, ‘It’s gonna be hard for you to be an engineer as a woman,’” she recalls.

Words to that effect have been far too common for many women in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. We spoke with nine women who have been active in college and share, in their words, their experiences with not only persevering as a woman in STEM, but even thriving at a school like Wentworth.

On a weekday during the spring semester, a group of Wentworth students head to Boston’s Prudential Center. They’re not going to shop, dine, or work—not in the traditional sense anyway.

They’re going to class.

The new department chairs of Wentworth’s Interior Design and Architecture programs are creating a lot of enthusiasm on campus for the specializations they bring to the university.

Seunghae Lee is an expert on devising accommodations and devices to help the elderly live better lives. Mark Mulligan is a practicing architect and a scholar of contemporary Japanese architecture and urbanism.

Mulligan arrived at Wentworth in May; Lee is expected in July. Each has established a reputation for excellence in both academia and design practice.

As the pastor of Eliot Congregational Church in Roxbury, Evan Hines has been looking at creative ways to save his beloved church.

Reporter Laura Krantz documents in the Boston Globe how Wentworth Architecture students looked at reuse options and presented those ideas to the Eliot congregation, as well as how the church represents a strong piece of the overall Roxbury community.

Wentworth community members were thinking globally when they gathered to help raise funds for middle and high school UN Education programs.

Billed as a “world class evening of diplomacy, dinner, and dancing celebrating global leaders and civic education,” the 2019 Global Citizens Gala was held June 1 and hosted by the United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB). More than 300 local diplomats, business leaders, academics, and cultural and nonprofit community members took part.

The Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences (CEIS) played host May 30 to an event that looked at the many ways Wentworth students and partners are using civil engineering to positively impact the world.

At Wentworth’s Center for Cooperative Education and Career Development, the job-hunting advice for students keeps coming. Center Director Robbin Beauchamp recently offered WalletHub her considerable knowledge and experience around finding summer and full-time jobs. Below are questions and answers from that conversation. Read the full article here.

Wentworth's Department of Management has signed a memorandum of understanding with European Business School (EBS) Paris, a leading business school in France, according to Len Delosh, chair of the Department of Management.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. 12th District, has invited Wentworth’s Allison Lange, assistant professor of history in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, to a May 21 reception at the Capitol to mark the 100th anniversary of the House of Representatives passing the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified almost 100 years ago on Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment, “made voting restrictions based on sex illegal, which helped secure women the vote,” says Lange.

Wentworth Institute of Technology Director of Athletics Cheryl Aaron announced this week that Men's Outdoor Track and Field will become an official sport in the spring of 2020. 

"As the Wentworth Athletic Department continues to expand, sponsoring Men's Outdoor Track and Field is a seamless fit to our intercollegiate opportunities," said Aaron. "Our current and future track and field students will now have the opportunity to compete in all three seasons, further developing their athletic identities."

Sitting in Willson Hall just prior to the start of another semester, the staff of Accelerate, Wentworth Innovation + Entrepreneurship Center were ready for a new semester. Having secured a major partnership with Workbar, and found success with another ThinkTank event, the team was geared up for a host of fall programs.