Be well at home while celebrating Wellness Day on November 4th. Drop by the Center for Well-Being or the lobby of Gateway 1 (60 Prescott) starting on Friday, October 31st to pick up your Wellness @ Home Kit to help de-stress and relax. Kits will be available October 31-November 4 or until we run out. Get one before they are gone! Sponsored by the CWB.

Employee Drop In: Benefit Enrollment Help Session: Do you need assistance entering your Open Enrollment benefit elections into Workday? Do you have a question about one of the benefit plans offered in 2026? Drop in to see a member of the Benefits Team during this session to get the support and help you need to make your benefit choices before November 5th. Please note: this is an informal drop-in session and not a formal presentation.

Join us for the Opening Event to kick off WPI Business School's Business Week 2025!President Grace Wang, along with Dean Kwamie Dunbar, will welcome the WPI community to the start of WPI’s third Business Week. President Wang will expand on her article, “Business Education in a Polytechnic Era” and Dean Dunbar will share his vision of how The Business School is preparing students to thrive in a rapidly changing world.Don’t miss this inspiring conversation as we set the stage for a week of exploration, networking, and business in action.We look forward to seeing you in the Odeum

Seminar Series “Levering Foot-Ground Interaction Dynamics for Sports Performance and Gait Rehabilitation” Wouter Hoogkamer, PhD Associate Professor Department of Kinesiology University of Massachusetts Amherst Abstract: Over the past 10 years innovations in running footwear have led to substantial improvements in running performance. While many credit (or blame) carbon-fiber plates for these improvements, a series of studies from our group suggests that innovations in midsole foams are the real hero (or culprit). Seeing what more compliant and resilient midsole foams are doing for running performance, we developed an adjustable surface stiffness treadmill to unilaterally expose people to a compliant surface while walking. Our recent results indicate that asymmetric surface stiffness walking leads to neuromotor adaptation in healthy control participants, which suggests this method can be leveraged to reduce weight-bearing asymmetries in neurological conditions such as people post-stroke. Bio: Wouter Hoogkamer, PhD (he/him) (pronounced “Wow-ter”) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he runs the Integrative Locomotion Laboratory (UMILL). His lab uses a comprehensive approach to study human locomotion, integrating neurophysiology, biomechanics and energetics. His work on running shoes, cooperative drafting and course features might have played a tiny role in how the 2-hour marathon barrier was broken. His lab is currently studying biomechanics and energetics of marathon shoes and track spikes, and locomotor adaptation imposed by robotic footwear, mechatronic treadmills and exoskeletons, to improve gait rehabilitation paradigms. For a zoom link please contact Kate Harrison at kharrison@wpi.edu

Join WPI Archives & Special Collections in celebration of the new 2025-2026 Gladwin Gallery exhibit, "Currents of Change: Electrical & Computer Engineering at WPI from the Dawn of the Electric Age to Present Day". This event is a casual drop-in/drop-out style gathering with a brief welcome and short program led by ECE faculty at the start. After this introduction, attendees will be welcome to explore the exhibit and some interactive elements on their own. Light refreshments provided. Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and guests are welcome. Registration preferred. Please email archives@wpi.edu with any additional questions.

WPI ASBMB STUDENT CHAPTER INVITES YOU TO...A Research SymposiumDr. Celia Schiffer - UMass Medical SchoolSchiffer Lab groupNovember 3rd, 3pm-5pm. 60 Prescott Street Room 1002

REGISTER WHO'S COMING?Join your host Matt Dunster '16 for an alumni gathering in New York City! Get together with old and new friends for snacks, drinks, and WPI memories.Monday, November 3, 20256:00 to 8:00 PMRaines Law Room at the William24 East 39th StreetNew York, NY 10016 This event is sponsored by the WPI Alumni Association. Appetizers and bar service will be available. Space is limited - advanced registration is strongly encouraged.