United Nations and MIT collaborate on climate change resilience
The MIT Climate CoLab, in collaboration with the UN secretary-general, will launch a series of online contests seeking solutions for climate-vulnerable communities.
Podcast by Shante Stowell '15 wins American Society for Engineering Education diversity contest
Recent graduate honored for her unique audio piece, crafted at MIT, encouraging self-reflection on race.
Sleeping under the stars in Australia
Solar Electric Vehicle Team completes the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
MIT’s J-PAL North America launches State and Local Innovation Initiative
New program out of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT aims to help state and local governments find solutions to key public policy issues.
Students challenged to drive change with new MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize
J-WAFS receives a gift from Rabobank in support of a new student innovation competition, to be run by the MIT Food and Agriculture Club.
Interplanetary architecture
Faculty and students grapple with 3-D printing a habitable structure on Mars.
Climate change contest selects grand prize winner
Solar panel system wins $10,000 prize for technology that makes energy and water more accessible in the developing world.
Biomimetic non-reflective coating for solar cells wins MADMEC
Team wins $10,000 at annual competition for invention inspired by butterfly wings.
MIT Climate CoLab announces 32 winning climate strategies
Winning ideas for solutions to climate change were crowdsourced by more than 50,000 members of the public.
Voting open for top climate change innovations
The MIT Climate CoLab allows the public to vote for the best crowdsourced ideas on how to tackle climate change.
MIT Rocket Team places first at International Rocket Engineering Competition
Rocket designed and built by AeroAstro students outperforms entries from 36 other teams.
High school students find their MathROOTS at MIT
Program aims to inspire female and underrepresented minority students to pursue STEM fields.
Robotics competition generated groundbreaking research
MIT team based robotic control algorithms on cutting-edge theory.
MIT team places sixth at international DARPA Robotics Challenge
CSAIL team just misses winning the grand prize after programming a 400-lb humanoid robot to lift beams, climb stairs, and drive a car.
Robotic challenger
MIT team prepares to meet 24 others in $2 million DARPA competition to develop disaster-assistance robots.