The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1865, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities and now has 14 academic departments with over 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, management, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts. WPI awards bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees for the completion of these programs. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".
Boynton Hall, WPI's main administrative building
Washburn Shops, where WPI's first hands-on classrooms and laboratories were built in the 19th century.
Sanford Riley Hall, the first residence hall built on campus (1927)
The Beech Tree stands over 100 feet tall
70 mm film
Videos
70 mm film is a wide high-resolution film gauge for motion picture photography, with a negative area nearly 3.5 times as large as the standard 35 mm motion picture film format. As used in cameras, the film is 65 mm (2.6 in) wide. For projection, the original 65 mm film is printed on 70 mm (2.8 in) film. The additional 5 mm contains the four magnetic stripes, holding six tracks of stereophonic sound. Although later 70 mm prints use digital sound encoding, the vast majority of existing and surviving 70 mm prints pre-date this technology.
A 70 mm film strip with a human hand for scale
Faded vintage 70 mm positive film with four magnetic strips containing six-channel stereophonic sound