Open Style Lab: Fashion design with a social impact
Students create innovative clothing through assistive technologies and user-centered design.
Electrospray thruster makes small satellites more capable
MIT spinout’s electric-propulsion system improves maneuverability of small satellites.
Vargas honored in Dubai ceremony
MIT Tata Center alumna's innovative work with public space empowers residents of informal settlements.
Bringing “everyone wins” recycling to Nigeria
Across the slums of Lagos, a startup’s bikes have removed 600 tons of recyclables in return for rewards.
High “return-on-learning”
“Business intelligence” software for schools links classroom technology and strategies to student achievement.
Consumer-friendly makers
Media Lab alumni’s success with “smart” gaming blocks led to an acquisition deal to make consumer drones.
Stamp honors MIT’s first black graduate
The 38th stamp in the "Black Heritage" series honors architect and educator Robert Robinson Taylor of the Class of 1892.
Tackling the “Achilles’ heel” of OLED displays
Inkjet-printing system could enable mass-production of large-screen and flexible OLED displays.
MLK Luncheon speakers call for more action
Annual gathering reflects frustration over racial profiling, calls for more involvement by MIT community.
Eight from MIT elected to National Academy of Engineering
New members include the Institute’s president and the director of Lincoln Laboratory.
Ioannis Yannas to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
MIT professor of polymer science and engineering recognized for inventing "artificial skin."
Langer wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Award honors one engineer’s global impact on human health.
Keeping health care clean
Startup’s smart devices track hand-washing in hospitals to help reduce the spread of infection.
Biology, driven by data
Newly tenured biological engineer Ernest Fraenkel goes where the numbers lead.