Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced that Edgecomb resident Brynna Nelson, a member of the class of 2027 majoring in biomedical engineering, was named to the university's dean's list for academic excellence for the fall 2025 semester.

The criteria for the WPI dean's list differ from that of most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI students are named to the dean's list based on the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and hands-on projects.