President Hockfield stresses innovation in speech to U.S. governors
‘Lasting economic growth emerges from the most advanced science, mathematics and technology,’ she says.
IS&T renews its contract with lynda.com
MIT faculty, staff, and students can continue to freely access lynda.com’s catalog of 900-plus courses.
Don’t show, don’t tell?
Cognitive scientists find that when teaching young children, there is a trade-off between direct instruction and independent exploration.
Three from MIT named Fulbright scholars
One student, two recent graduates to travel to Japan, Ghana and the Dominican Republic.
Sharing wisdom, teacher to teacher
MIT math instructors have developed a tool to help educators get to ‘best practices’ and preserve them for posterity.
MIT and Skolkovo Foundation announce collaboration
Joint effort to establish graduate research university in Russia as part of new innovation city of Skolkovo
Fifth annual EurekaFest celebrates invention
From the seasoned scientist to the high school hobbyist, Lemelson-MIT festival celebrates the innovative spirit.
Chandrakasan named head of electrical engineering and computer science
Succeeds Grimson as leader of MIT's largest academic department
President Hockfield's charge to the graduates
'Our Great Dome travels with you, no matter where you stand on the face of the Earth.'
Ursula M. Burns's Commencement address
'The world needs you as perhaps never before ... we need the spirit of exploration and the thirst for knowledge.'
MIT for Two
When Noramay Cadena ’03, MS ’11, MBA ’11 arrived on campus as an 18-year-old freshman, she brought along her toddler. When she returned to earn two graduate degrees, her daughter felt right at home.
