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Professor Nikolaos Gatsonis, head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, provided insight for a @BostonGlobe article on the significant contributions Robert Goddard, class of 1908, made to the advancement of space exploration. Gatsonis explained how many of Goddard's discoveries are critical elements of modern rockets. bit.ly/4uIHrDa

Tonight's University Lecture, “Launching the Next 100 Years: Industry, Innovation & the Future of Space,” will feature a panel discussion with leaders from industry, research, and finance discussing how emerging technologies, public-private partnerships, and visionary thinking will shape the future of space travel. Join us for a special University Lecture commemorating the 100th anniversary of Robert H. Goddard’s historic rocket launch: bit.ly/4rABg11.

Richard Lopez, assistant professor of neuroscience and psychology in the Department of Social Science & Policy Studies, was interviewed live on KTVU Fox in San Francisco about the impact of AI and chatbots on children's brain development. Lopez noted that there has been a shift from an "attention economy," in which technology companies capitalize on people's attention, to an "attachment economy" in which those companies target children's need for attachment and belonging. Lopez advises parents to limit exposure to AI and chatbots until late middle school or high school and explain to children how the tools work and how they should be used: bit.ly/3PecO8n.

Innovation often begins with one bold experiment. On March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard ’08 launched the first successful liquid-fueled rocket—an achievement that changed the future of space exploration. This National Goddard Day, we honor the visionary engineer and Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumnus whose work helped launch the modern space age. 🚀

WPI is celebrating the accomplishments of our alum Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry, with a variety of events to pay tribute to his history-making rocket launch 100 years ago. Read more via @WBUR bit.ly/4scUf30

A desire to explore the universe drives Alexandra Van Gelder to study aerospace engineering and astrophysics, and lead WPI’s High Power Rocketry Club 🚀 She spoke with @worcestermag about how designing and building rockets with classmates exemplifies overcoming obstacles. #rocketry #Goddard #space bit.ly/4ls6YMo

The Goddard century: Launching dreams in aerospace research telegram.com/story/lifestyl… @MegSmith_Writer @WPI

When Robert H. Goddard ’08 helped launch the age of modern rocketry, Esther C. Goddard helped ensure the world would remember it. For decades, she carefully preserved his research, edited his journals, and championed the legacy of one of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s most influential alumni: bit.ly/4dau5sP. #WomensHistoryMonth #Goddard

WPI chemical engineering researchers and @uakron are studying a new technology that seeks to increase the rate of plastics recycling by overcoming challenges with existing processing methods. Learn more in @Plastics_Mag bit.ly/40toq9N

100 years ago this month, Class of 1908 alum Robert Goddard launched the space age 🚀 A new episode of The WPI Podcast explores the impact of his historic 1926 rocket launch as well as connections between modern WPI aerospace propulsion research and Goddard’s early work. Listen now! bit.ly/3NxBrwb 🔊 #Goddard #SpaceExploration #Aerospace

Peter Hansen, professor of history in the Department of Humanities and Arts and director of the International and Global Studies program, is featured in an episode of the Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast, hosted by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Want to hear what he had to say? Learn more: bit.ly/4biW4nC. @univofstandrews

New at Worcester Polytechnic Institute: BS in Marketing Analytics and BS in Business Analytics & Applied AI Two new programs preparing students for a business world powered by data, analytics, and AI. Because the future of work belongs to those who can turn data into decisions. bit.ly/4bec36i

Fascinated by what we say and how we say it? So is Erica Brozovsky, a sociolinguist and adjunct professor in the Department of Humanities & Arts. She provided analysis for a Popular Science article on why languages are spoken at different speeds: bit.ly/46QnxM6

From campus to the South Pole. 🧭📻 WPI’s Currents of Change exhibit in the Gladwin Gallery showcases a radio transmitter carried on Admiral Richard Byrd’s Antarctic expeditions—kept in contact thanks to modifications by a WPI professor—and celebrates the Institute’s historic contributions to electrical engineering. Explore this fascinating legacy in the WPI Journal. bit.ly/4smnArm #Engineering #Archives

Before Robert Goddard launched the space age, the class of 1908 graduate was hard at work testing out theories on campus. A special digital exhibit and pop-up exhibits at WPI’s Gordon Library documents some of that history. Read the full article in the Worcester T&G here: bit.ly/4svuuuy.

WPI researchers used machine learning to analyze hundreds of brain images and find the anatomical changes, by age and sex, that predict Alzheimer's disease with nearly 93% accuracy. bit.ly/40Inxu6

New research from @WPI Wu Lab sheds light on how active fluids respond when internal and external forces meet. bit.ly/47cTSgd

A weighty matter: WPI students partner with local recycling center telegram.com/story/news/reg…

Every year, hundreds of WPI students work with community organizations around the world on projects at the intersection of technology and societal needs. Recently, one team worked with a regional recycling center to quantify the amount of discarded items being kept out of landfills.