IN THE NEWS: UTC Fire & Security Pledges $150,000 for WPI’s Fire Protection Engineering Laboratory

UTC Fire & Security has pledged $150,000 over five years to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass., toward the build-out of a new fire science research and education center for WPI’s graduate program in fire protection engineering. UTC Fire & Security is a provider of fire safety and security solutions.

WPI has conferred more than 350 master’s and doctoral degrees in fire protection engineering and currently delivers programs to students hailing from more than 30 countries. UTC Fire & Security, together with the other units of United Technologies Corporation, are collectively the second largest employer of WPI graduates.

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