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This fall, Wentworth Institute of Technology continues to excel, earning recognition on numerous "Best Of" lists while also celebrating milestones in student enrollment.  

Allison Connolly is a 2024 graduate of Wentworth Institute of Technology’s Industrial Design program who is now working as an exhibit designer for Elevation3D. She recently spoke with us about a product that she developed as a student that proves that with the right classes and catitude, anything is pawsible. 

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A team of Architecture students took home third place at the 2024 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge.  

The stage is set for a celebration of academic achievement and personal growth as Wentworth Institute of Technology prepares to confer degrees on its latest class of graduates. This summer’s commencement will feature student speakers Jenna Eagan and Danielle Topale, and student singers Jennifer Medina and Felicity Gonzalez. Adding to the day's accolades, John Horan will be recognized for his academic performance as the recipient of the esteemed Beatty Award.

As the Summer 2024 term comes to a close at Wentworth Institute of Technology, we look back at a team of six Architecture students who achieved outstanding success in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon Design Challenge.  

Competing in the Office Division, the student team consisting of Evan Clark, Jess Clavet, Matt Kleckowski, Hilcias De La Cruz, Nate Kalinyak, and Ray Lu presented their project, "The Habitat," at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.

The famed Huntington Theatre in Boston has undergone an extensive renovation, and the public will get to hear all about it through an exclusive tour Thursday provided by Wentworth Institute of Technology alumna Nurit Zuker.

Zuker, Architecture ’02, is Senior Associate at Bruner/Cott Architects, the team that transformed the theater to increase its capacity for meaningful public engagement and the vibrant exchange of ideas through the performance arts.

Two students in Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor Ann Borst’s Affordable Housing architecture class took first prize in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s 24th annual Affordable Housing Development Competition.  

George Gard, a professor in Wentworth Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Design, has been honored with a Young Architects award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). 

The publication described Gard as “an architect who brings a future-oriented design to existing buildings and urban spaces” who “champions reuse as a vital component of the built environment and the profession.” 

As a Class of 2016 Wentworth Institute of Technology graduate, Carla Gautier Castro felt she may be too young to deliver a commencement keynote speech.  

“I always thought this podium was reserved for people with decades of life experience, sage advice for you kids, and—let's be honest—white hair,” she said as the featured speaker for the university’s Spring 2024 ceremony.  

Ahead of Wentworth Institute of Technology’s Spring 2024 Commencement ceremony

How do you teach students to roof without a roof? Or put up drywall without a wall? The answer is surprisingly simple: you bring the building to them.

Such a building, or kit, is being created by students and faculty at Wentworth’s School of Architecture and Design in partnership with YouthBuild Boston. The components—including floors, roofs, and walls—will be digitally fabricated in the Wentworth architecture studios.

Wentworth Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Design (SoAD) recently held its first Industry Professionals Advisory Council (IPAC) gathering since the pandemic, bringing together a diverse group of professionals representing industry and education to advise on the future of the school’s programs.  

Wentworth Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Design will host the venerable Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2023 East Regional Conference, and it’s not too late to register!  

Carrying the theme “Making Interiors,” this year’s event will take place on Wentworth’s Boston campus on Thursday, October 4 and Friday, October 5.  

It was a monumental weekend of celebration as Wentworth Institute of Technology honored students and alumni—among others—in a series of events culminating in the 2023 Summer Commencement ceremonies.  

Wentworth Institute of Technology alum Katherine Mendez is the feature of a profile in Homes and Gardens that examines her unique work in architecture, calling her a “rising star” in the field. 

The latest issue of the TAD Journal, titled "Tectonics," explores the intersection of structure and construction in the age of digital fabrication and emerging materials. Guest-edited by Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor Anne-Catrin Schultz, the issue features research from around the world that challenges traditional understandings of tectonics. 

This past weekend a team of six Wentworth Institute of Technology Architecture students was awarded First Prize in their division during the prestigious 2023 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge.   

The Wentworth Institute of Technology Sustainability Society (WITSS) promotes the importance of sustainability in materials, design, engineering, construction, and energy as our society moves toward a sustainable future.