>TI WPI to increase female and minority interest in mathematics and technology through GE fund grant.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 January 2002-WPI: WPI to increase female and minority interest in mathematics and technology through GE fund grant (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28012002 Worcester, MA -- Recognizing that business and industrial applications of mathematics are the single most underutilized means of both teaching and motivating under-represented high school students in mathematics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has created a program to address the needs of female and minority students.

The effort will be supported by a $306,000 grant from the GE Fund, the philanthropic foundation of the General Electric Company. The grant was awarded through a GE Fund's Math Excellence initiative, which is aimed at cultivating female and minority...