Join Our Monthly AI User Group Brown Bag Lunch!Curious about AI? Join faculty, staff, and students for an informal monthly gathering where we explore the opportunities, challenges, and real-world applications of artificial intelligence across campus and beyond.Each month we'll dive into a featured AI theme, but the conversation is yours to shape—bring your questions, experiences, and ideas. Whether you're an AI enthusiast, skeptical observer, or somewhere in between, your perspective adds value to our dialogue.What to expect:Relaxed, collaborative discussions in a brown bag formatMonthly themes to spark conversation (with plenty of room to explore tangents!)Open submissions for future discussion topicsA welcoming space for all experience levelsPack your lunch and join us for engaging conversations about how AI is reshaping our work, learning, and daily lives. Together, we'll navigate this rapidly evolving landscape and learn from each other's diverse experiences and viewpoints.

In this workshop, participants will review several styles of written commentary, considering how the type, placement, and quantity of comments on student drafts can affect their revision and learning. Participants will learn and practice with a “reader-based” approach that has the potential to:1) Reduce the time you spend marking student papers2) Model for your students how to better anticipate and respond to a reader's needs3) Help your students become less dependent on your editing and directive feedbackThis workshop is one component of our Project Advising 101 program for faculty new to IQP and MQP advising. The workshop is equally helpful to faculty teaching writing-intensive courses in any discipline, as well as faculty working with graduate students on theses and journal articles. All are welcome to attend!Please register by Tuesday, November 11th, so we can finalize the headcount for lunch.

This session will provide a clear overview of existing travel policies and procedures, with a special focus on the backup documentation required to ensure smooth and timely expense report approvals.https://wpi.zoom.us/j/99216402336

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Looking for a way to make your day less stressful and more mindful...take some much-needed time for yourself and join us for Mindful Wednesdays! Drop-in meditation sessions are open to the entire WPI community, and no experience is necessary. A certified meditation teacher will offer guided meditations appropriate for both beginners as well as experienced meditators. People can join in person or via zoom.

Any student, regardless of major, interested in the Data Science BS/MS or the Artificial Intelligence BS/MS is invited to attend this information session!

REGISTERCalling all WPI Tech Mentor - Venture Enthusiasts!Please join us for the ACIS (Advising, Connections, Innovation and Support) Kickoff Event, being held on Wednesday, November 19, at WPI's Innovation Studio from 4:30–8:30 PM. This will serve as our inaugural mentor-venture symposium—an evening that introduces ACIS to the broader community, spotlights faculty and student startups, and builds momentum for a connected ecosystem of alumni, mentors, and innovators.The evening will include:Welcome & Vision – Setting the stage for WPI’s leadership in deep-tech innovation.Faculty & Student Startup Showcases – Brief, high-energy pitches (no Q&A) to highlight ventures emerging from our research and incubator programs.Guided Networking & Mentor Marketplace – A structured opportunity for alumni, mentors, and innovators to connect around specific domains and readiness levels.Food and RefreshmentsAdvanced registration is requested. For any additional questions, please email Terry Adams, Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization, at TAdams1@wpi.edu.

Celebrate Student Life & 25 Years of the Campus Center!Come party with us as we celebrate the Campus Center — your home base for campus life — turning 25!Free CakeFun ActivitiesSnacks & SurprisesChill Vibes & Good TimesBring your campus fam and stop by — it’s going to be a good time!

Looking for a way to make your day less stressful and more mindful...take some much-needed time for yourself and join us for Mindful Thursdays! Drop-in meditation sessions are open to the entire WPI community, and no experience is necessary. A certified meditation teacher will offer guided meditations appropriate for both beginners as well as experienced meditators. People can join in person or via zoom. Mindful Thursdays: 2:15PM to 2:35PM Center for Well-Being, Daniels Hall 102E Zoom: https://wpi.zoom.us/j/186050714 Each Friday an email will be sent out to the group called Mindfulness Tools To-Go which will include information about meditations, poems shared during the week, and mindful resources. If you have questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact Robin Benoit, rbenoit@wpi.edu

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion with John Sanbonmatsu, WPI Professor of Philosophy, as he explores his 2025 book The Omnivore���s Deception: What we get wrong about meat, animals, and ourselves (NYU Press). Prof. Sanbonmatsu proposes a new perspective on our relationship with animals, the food we eat, and with each other. His book has received warm praise from leading thinkers and activists including Angela Davis, writing: “Everyone who believes in justice for all should read this brilliant book,” and Jeffrey Moussaief Masson, who writes: “You cannot read this book without changing your life. It is a work not only of immense moral significance, but a masterpiece." Prof. Sanbonmatsu will open the program, the second event in this year's Gordon Library WPI Author Series, "For a Change." He will be joined in conversation by Prof. Joel Brattin and Prof. Scott Barton, followed by an open Q&A with the audience. Copies of The Omnivore’s Deception will be available for sale for half an hour before the event begins (3-3:30pm, All major credit/debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex) or Google/Apple/Samsung Pay will be accepted).

Welcome to the Worcester Inter-University Innovation Exchange (WIIX)The WIIX Evening Event is a dynamic, fast-paced gathering designed to bring together students from Worcester’s universities to network and share innovative ideas. This event emphasizes connections, rapid pitches, and meaningful conversations, fostering cross-campus innovation in an engaging and energetic setting.

Theatre Fall production-The Importance of Being EarnestBy Oscar WildeDirected by Dr. Kate MoncriefWPI Little Theatre (in Riley Hall)Thurs, Nov 20 at 7:30pmFri, Nov 21 at 7:30pm (with a talk-back after the performance)Sat, Nov 22 at 2pm Tickets will be available here (starting in late Oct / early Nov):

Join ODIME on Fridays from 12:00-2:00pm ET in OASIS House for milk and freshly baked cookies! For more information or accommodations, please contact ODIME at diversity@wpi.edu. All are welcome!