The Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD) had its 10^th year Industry Advisory Board meeting at WPI on October 8-10, 2025.  There were 75 participants with more than half from industry and the rest students and faculty from WPI and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (CARD co-site).  CARD is an NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center that was established in 2016.

This month's focus is ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), In SECURE IT we highlight best practices, and provide a few cautions. October is also Cybersecurity Awareness month!  We are grateful to Raha Moraffah, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, for this month’s feature article on Social Engineering Attacks in the Era of Generative AI. In this issue: From WPI's CISTO: AI Interim Policy Using AI at WPI Social Engineering Attacks in the Era of Generative AI Cybersecurity Awareness Month & Where to Find Information Security? Examples of AI in Everyday Life AI Creating Hard to Detect Phishing Emails Learning with Laughter Meet LeeAnn LeClerc! Featured Videos & In the News By the Numbers Diversity in Cybersecurity Additional WPI Resources  

University Analytics has completed the Fall 2025 census. Admissions, enrollment, completions, and persistence dashboards have been updated and are available on the Data Dashboards webpage within the Office of Strategic Initiatives & University Analytics website. Two dashboard sets are available: Public Data Dashboards – Basic university data WPI Community Dashboards – Login required; includes enhanced detail and filters for WPI community members For questions, please contact: university-analytics@wpi.edu

The deadline to submit Wellness Day events is coming up! Events submitted after October 21st won't be in printed materials. Events submitted after October 28th will not be approved. Click for submission form.

Click here to view the October 2025 Special Edition Newsletter. 

WPI's Great Problems Seminar is featured in IIENetworker magazine, from the Institute of International Education, in an issue focused on innovations in first-year programs in international higher education. The article, authored by The Global School Associate Dean Sarah Stanlick, showcases WPI’s two-term course that immerses first-year students in university-level research and introduces them to the university’s project-based curriculum.