Education, teaching, academics

Anthony French, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 96

Longtime Department of Physics professor assisted in nuclear bomb projects in England and Los Alamos, and was a leader in physics education.

April 18, 2017

“A hundred cities around the world today drive the economic, intellectual, and cultural energy of the world economy,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (right) told an audience of nearly 300 in the Wong Auditorium on April 14. In a conversation moderated by Institute Professor John Deutch (left), Emanuel discussed several new initiatives in Chicago and offered his views on issues ranging from early c...

Rahm Emanuel: The city is where the action is

In talk at MIT, Chicago mayor argues that major cities can lead on policy progress.

April 18, 2017

Panelists at MacVicar Day 2017: (l-r) Anantha Chandrakasan, Peter Schmidt-Nielsen, Ava Soleimany, Shirin Shivaei, Neil Gershenfeld, Kevin Castro, Ian Waitz, Anne McCants, and Dennis Freeman.

Exploring the impact of Margaret MacVicar’s legacy on education at MIT

Faculty and students share their perspectives on the value of undergraduate research at “Pushing Boundaries” event.

April 6, 2017

MIT graduate programs earn top marks from US News

Graduate engineering and economics programs are No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 4.

March 14, 2017

MIT professors Maria Yang (left), Caspar Hare (center), and Scott Hughes have been named 2017 MacVicar Fellows.

Three professors named 2017 MacVicar Fellows

Hare, Hughes, and Yang receive the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching award.

March 13, 2017

Researchers at the MIT Teaching Systems Lab have been awarded a Google grant to develop a promising new line of inquiry — a simulation-based teacher education technique designed to address teachers' unconscious bias in the classroom.

Providing educators with "teachable moments" concerning unconscious bias

Teaching Systems Lab Executive Director Justin Reich awarded a grant from Google for teacher-facing intervention research.

March 10, 2017

AJAS attendees Jessica Frank (left) and Sriharshita Musunuri (right) chat with MIT Professor Phillip Sharp, former AAAS president and Nobel laureate.

Top high school researchers from across the nation meet at MIT

Talented high school researchers attending the annual AAAS/AJAS conference in Boston meet with MIT faculty.

March 8, 2017

Planned in secret over a year and a half to mark David Pesetsky's 60th birthday, a surprise celebration featured panel discussions on two linguistics topics of keen interest to Pesetsky — case and wh-questions — and was rounded out with poster sessions and a celebratory dinner.

David Pesetsky honored by MIT Linguistics colleagues and alumni

Surprise gathering and "Festschrift" salute Pesetsky's research, influence, and teaching in linguistics.

March 6, 2017

"One of the principal ways historians contribute to problem-solving work at MIT and elsewhere is by helping to identify what the real problem is in the first place," says Malick Ghachem, an MIT professor of history. "When we understand and articulate the roots and sources of a problem, we have a much better chance of actually solving it."

3 Questions: How history helps us solve today's issues

Professor Malick Ghachem discusses how historians contribute to problem-solving by identifying the roots and sources of a problem.

February 28, 2017

The Festival of Learning's overnight hackathon brought together diverse teams of students to address real challenges in educational technology.

Reimagining education: MIT holds its first Festival of Learning

Scholars and researchers share ideas on new ways to teach students in the 21st century.

February 21, 2017

Richard Ha (second from right), farmer and Hawaii native, shows MIT TREX participants how he generates his own electricity using water.

Getting their hands dirty: Students experience fieldwork in Hawaii

TREX program from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers undergraduates the opportunity to get out in the field.

February 17, 2017

"In theater, we imagine the impossible and try to make that possible," says Charlotte Brathwaite, an MIT assistant professor of theater arts, and an independent director of classical and unconventional texts, operas, dance, multimedia and site-specific installations, and concerts. "We not only imagine, but create the world as we think the world should be."

The world as we think the world should be

Assistant Professor Charlotte Brathwaite believes theater brings people together in a positive way.

February 17, 2017

Dipa Shah of the MIT Teaching and Learning Lab leads a digital education workshop for engineering postdocs. Along with MIT's Dennis Freeman and Janet Rankin, Shah will utilize a new AAU grant to improve undergraduate education in STEM fields.

MIT receives grant from Association of American Universities for undergraduate STEM education

Funds will be used to create a Dean’s Action Group to disseminate evidence-based teaching practices.

February 14, 2017

“The challenge is to design devices that can be made for a much lower cost, but that are still as robust and functional as those in the developed world,” senior Matthew Cavuto says.

Matthew Cavuto: Getting a leg up on engineering

MIT senior will use Marshall Scholarship to work on devices that enhance mobility for the disabled.

February 9, 2017

MIT Institute Professor Sallie (Penny) Chisholm poses with the first two books in the “Sunlight Series,” a collection of children's books that teach Earth's natural processes from the point of view of the sun.

How the smallest, most abundant bacteria inspired a children's book series

Institute Professor Penny Chisholm teams up with author and illustrator Molly Bang to write environmental children’s book series.

January 31, 2017

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