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The WPI Athletics Department proudly reveals the 2024-2025 Athletics Celebration. This year’s celebration features recaps from all of our programs, the presentation of our major award winners, the reveal of the top team GPAs and a tribute to our senior student-athletes!Special credit to Abigail Rauch '24 '25 for the graphic/visual content along with the rest of the WPI Athletics Sports Information student worker staff for visual media contributions throughout the entirety of the academic year.

Coming back to The Hill feels like coming home for so many—and what better way to celebrate that feeling than with Homecoming 2025 events? From the legendary rope pull to the parade across Earle Bridge, the electric pep rally, and unforgettable athletic showdowns—relive all the moments that make Homecoming special.

Chronic pain affects millions of Americans and too often leads to dependence on opioids for relief. But what if doctors could predict, before writing a prescription, whether a patient would respond better to non-drug therapies like meditation? This episode explores groundbreaking research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) that combines neuroscience, data science, and artificial intelligence to personalize pain treatment with guests Benjamin Nephew, assistant research professor, biology and biotechnology, and Emmanuel Agu, Harold L. Jurist ’61 and Heather E. Jurist Dean’s Professor of Computer Science. The study “Integrative Mindfulness-based Predictive Approach for Chronic low back pain Treatment" or IMPACT is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) initiative. 

🚀 Demo Day 2025 at WPI’s i3 Lab was a success! On September 24th, the Innovation Studio was transformed into a hub of creativity, entrepreneurship, and inspiration as student founders pitched their ideas for a share of $60,000+ in prizes.We are thrilled to celebrate the hard work, courage, and ingenuity of every team that took the stage — and to recognize this year’s winners: 🔧 𝙄𝙣𝙘𝙪𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙮 🥇 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: QuickEst Estimations Inc. – Russell Hertel ’27 (RBE), Luis Alzamora ’26 (RBE) 🥈 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 '𝟳𝟳 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: BrailleBox – Jelaleddin Gylychmuhammedov ’27 (RBE), Octavio Bittar ’27 (ECE), Minh Ha ’27 (CS) 🥉 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: HydroFlex – Jack Shanks ’26 (ME) 🏅 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: EpiSafe - Aaryan Panchal '28 (RBE), Ezra Yohay '25 (Phys), Khushal Sharma '27 (ECE), Ethan Takvorian '28 (RBE), Joshua Kashambala 🚀 𝙄𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙮: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: FellowBridge - Dan Nguyen ‘26 (CS), Ana Merlo '25 (MS BA), Antonela Tamagini '25 (MS CS) 𝗶𝟯 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: Cybele Technology - Maxwell Markey (PhD Chem)💡 𝙄𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙮: 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: Christy Lam ‘26 (CS) 𝗗𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗗. 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 🔥: FireMap - Tair Kareneyev '27 (RBE & CS) Firewise - Dimitris Graikos '25 (MS BA) 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: Venturly - Khushali Shah '26 (MS Fintech), Labhesh Mahajan '26 (MS CS), Rohan Solipuram '26 (MS Fintech), Mihir Kate '25 (CompE)We were honored to have Provost Andrew Sears and Interim Dean of Business School Kwamie Dunbar open the day with a powerful message about the importance of student innovation, and President Grace Wang conclude the event and open the evening session, inspiring our community to keep pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. We were also privileged to host Anthony Galgano, Owner & President of True Robotics, Inc., as our keynote speaker. His story of perseverance and growth deeply resonated with the audience, and he was recognized with the Vignaly Commercialization Fund "Spirit of Joe Award" by the WPI OTIE. This event would not have been possible without the dedication of our judges: Christine Murner, Evan Cox, Geoff Strage, Greg Dalle-Molle, Joe Klimek, Lisa A. K., Paul Kalenian, Paul Rummel, Peter Cifichiello, Roman Fayerberg, Sandhya Balasubramanian, Tara Ostromecky, and Zachary Dutton — thank you for lending your expertise. We also extend our deepest gratitude to our donors and supporters: Auxilium Worcester, Aram and Alba Kalenian Award, Henry and Alberta Strage Award, New England Innovations, Wire Group, Cornerstone Bank, Joe Klimek ’94, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, WPI Business School, Michael Abrams ’77, Duane D. Pearsall, and WPI OTIE.Finally, thank you to the entire WPI community and guests — who joined us to celebrate entrepreneurship and innovation. Your energy made this Demo Day truly special.