Wentworth News Archive

A Boston AI Week event will bring together Wentworth Institute of Technology faculty, alumni, researchers, and industry leaders to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping architectural education, research, and professional practice. 

They are the builders, the thinkers, and the problem-solvers. In the "Defined by Doing" series, we highlight exceptional alumni who are translating their education into action and redefining what is possible in their fields.

Wentworth Institute of Technology moved up six places in the overall rankings of Regional Universities (North) in the 2027 edition of U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges, rising from No. 28 to No. 22.  

The First-Year Tower does not exist yet, but it was everywhere Thursday afternoon. Renderings of the 18-story residence hall stood around a tent on the Wentworth Quad, offering a glimpse of the building that will rise beside Beatty Hall.

WBZ-TV visited campus this week to report on Wentworth's new Applied AI major, which launched at the start of the semester.

With enthusiastic spirits, degrees in hand, and new experiences to lean on, the post-graduation journeys of one group expanded far beyond the campus of Wentworth Institute of Technology.         

Chips, crackers, milk, candy, and soft drinks are not standard laboratory equipment. But for one day last month, they were exactly that. 

Wentworth Institute of Technology has been awarded $99,906.54 from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for a project that aims to turn brewers spent grain and distillers spent grain into high-quality plant-based protein, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced. 

Fall is a season of arrivals, but what our students are starting this week is a testament to what was built over the last year.

Below, the deans of Wentworth’s five schools look back on the work that set the stage.

• School of Architecture and Design

Dear Friends, 

School of Architecture & Design's 2025-2026 Academic Year Impact Report 

A Note from Ali Khabari, Dean of the Wentworth Douglas D. Schumann School of Engineering 

A Note from Michael Farmer, Dean, Wentworth School of Computing and Data Science  

Dear Friends, 

The momentum continues within the School of Management! As we are looking to launch a new academic year in September, I am excited to share the following highlights from 2025-26 with you. 

Inside the Classroom:  

When Josh Larson took over Wentworth Institute of Technology's academic technology operation last summer, he spent his first months talking to as many people as he could. He met with deans and faculty, and in nearly every conversation, the same subject came up. 

Wentworth Institute of Technology's Sweeney Programs in Construction Management is looking at how to bring 3D laser scanning into the classroom after a hands-on session with technology firm Trimble at the former headquarters of the American Geographical Society in New York City.

Wentworth Institute of Technology has been named one of America's Best Colleges by TIME. 

Two graduating students and two keynote speakers addressed the audience at MGM Music Hall at Fenway on August 13. None of them had compared notes beforehand, yet all four told the Class of 2026 the same basic idea: the polished version of your life is never the whole story.  

At first glance, the piece hanging in Wentworth Institute of Technology's Casella Gallery looks like a standard length of wood veneer. But as a visitor steps closer, the surface begins to swell and ripple.