Wentworth News Archive

Wentworth Institute of Technology has again ranked highly on several

Forbes released its Top Colleges 2025 list and has once again included Wentworth Institute of Technology.

The publication also named Wentworth to its top “Private Colleges” list and placed the university within the top 100 “Northeast” colleges.  

Perhaps it is not

Matt Gruber has been named Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration for Wentworth Institute of Technology. He will serve on the university’s Executive Council and will oversee the following functions: Business, Finance, Human Resources, Legal & Risk Management, Police, and Technology Services. 

The U.S.

Wentworth Institute of Technology has been selected to host a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence from South Africa to teach in the School for Computing and Data Science during the 2024-2025 academic year. 

Since 2005 Wentworth Institute of Technology has been named to the Princeton Review’s “Best Colleges” lists and the streak has continued.

Students and families were part of another successful move into Wentworth's residence halls this past week. Find photos below or at our Flickr gallery. 

The Wall Street Journal named Wentworth Institute of Technology to their 2025 Best Colleges in America list,

Finding the right class, picking a club, and making friends are typically part of the excitable nervousness that comes with starting a new fall semester. But often there are deep concerns about failing a class, making the wrong choices, or not fitting in.  

AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is everywhere, whether you realize it or not.  

To the Wentworth Community and Friends: 

Wentworth Institute of Technology alumni have forged a strong reputation for their impact in the community and throughout the world, but also for their strong support of current students and fellow alumni through mentorship, co-ops, and jobs.

On Friday, August 16, The Wentworth Alumni Association (WAA) Awards Ceremony featured eight alumni honored in a variety of categories, in addition to Class of 2024 students receiving awards for the highest grade point average in their respective majors.  

When Luciana Burdi was 28, she made the decision to leave her native Italy and come to America. Though she was comfortable at home and did not speak English, she felt a longing for something more and decided to take the leap.

The move would lead to a highly successful career at MassPort, her partner and children, and countless mentors and friends.  

The director for Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs for the Massachusetts Port Authority spoke to Wentworth Institute of Technology graduates during the morning ceremony of Summer Commencement on August 17.  

Construction Management student Zachary Smith ’24 won Best Presenter while the Wentworth Institute of Technology team of students Smith, Neal Balotskiy, and Ethan Kopraski, and faculty advisors Afshin Pourmokhtarian and Payam Bakhshi captured second place in the Oral Response category at the 2024 Collegiate Ethics Competition. 

The team was the first from Wentworth to ever compete in the event. They also took third place in the written portion. 

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.

Allison Lange, associate professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology, makes the case for why memes of Kamala Harris might work to her political advantage in a recently published Time

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.