A "maker" education
NuVu Studio takes high school students out of the classroom and into a design space to invent and create.
Overcoming imperfections
By looking to nature, PhD student Leon Dimas 3-D prints materials that resist flaws and fractures.
SHASS announces the 2014 Levitan Awards for Excellence in Teaching
Honor recognizes nine outstanding teachers nominated by students.
School of Engineering awards for 2014
Awards given to outstanding faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students
MIT and Harvard release de-identified learning data from open online courses
Dataset contains the original learning data from the 16 HarvardX and MITx courses offered in 2012-13.
Q&A: David Autor on inequality among the “99 percent”
In new Science piece, MIT economist aims to move the inequality discussion beyond the “1 percent.”
Dedicated professor, lifelong learner
Elizabeth Garrels, MIT professor of Spanish and Latin American studies, retires after 35 years at MIT.
New Course 1 program prepares students to solve today's major challenges
The flexible undergraduate program, launching this fall, mixes rigor and depth with applications to critical areas of societal importance.
MIT program fosters inclusive learning community for high school students
SEED Academy students benefit from instructors' training in handling negative stereotypes and diversity issues.
Mentoring: It's the network
MacVicar Day explores how to create more ways to mentor MIT undergraduates.
Five professors named 2014 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Buongiorno, Lozano-Pérez, Ochsendorf, Paxson, and Prather receive MIT’s top undergraduate teaching honor.
U.S. News ranks MIT’s graduate program in Engineering No. 1; Sloan is No. 5 business school
Institute’s programs rank first in 7 engineering, 5 science, and 3 business fields.
MIT Sea Grant hosts 2014 Blue Lobster Bowl competition
Regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl quizzes Massachusetts high school students on the ocean sciences.