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Olaide Olambiwonnu poses with her Performetric teammates.

MIT-Portugal and me

Hands-on internships are helping students broadens academic, professional, and personal horizons.

October 12, 2016

“We want to see, in the next five years or so, the amount of time you need to search for parking spot in a city drop from around 35 to 40 minutes, to less than five minutes,” says Smarking co-founder Wen Sang PhD ’14.

Optimizing parking in the busiest places

Data-analytics platform helps parking managers meet driver demand in high-traffic areas.

October 12, 2016

MIT economist Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize

Holmström shares award with Oliver Hart for work on contract theory.

October 10, 2016

From engineer to urban planner

Grad student Billy Ndengeyingoma helps improve affordable-housing design in Africa.

September 25, 2016

Lourdes Melgar SM '88, PhD '92 named a Wilhelm Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies

Mexico's former deputy secretary of energy for hydrocarbons will write on Mexican energy reform and research women’s roles in political and social transformation.

September 23, 2016

The votemate team wants to ensure that registering to vote is not a stretch. Pictured from left to right: Peter Su, Elaine Lin, Caroline Mak, Mitchell Gu, and Brandon Uveges.

Students' web app seeks to simplify, modernize voter registration

A solution for millennials by millennials, votemate takes the frustration out of registering to vote.

September 22, 2016

On Monday, Sept. 12, MIT celebrated the reopening of the Samuel Tak Lee Building (Building 9), which underwent extensive renovations this summer to upgrade building systems and to create modern, lively, and functional spaces for the students and faculty who call the building home.

New plan refreshes MIT’s home for planning

Samuel Tak Lee Building filled with light and life after summer renovations.

September 19, 2016

MIT spinout EverVest has built a data-analytics platform that gives investors rapid, accurate cash-flow models and financial risk analyses for renewable-energy projects.

Calculating the financial risks of renewable energy

Financial-modeling software for sustainable-infrastructure projects could boost investment in sector.

September 15, 2016

Lauren-Jenay Kelley (foreground) was among students attending the "No Permission, No Apologies" event at the MIT Media Lab, which addressed diversity, gender bias, and inclusion in STEM.

Media Lab conference addresses gender bias, diversity, and inclusion in STEM

Megan Smith ’86, SM ’88 and other thought leaders offer advice to students on how women in STEM fields can develop skills for navigating life and work.

September 14, 2016