MIT students tour factories in China’s manufacturing hub
During Independent Activities Period, students traveled to the Guangdong province for a behind-the-scenes look as part of the MISTI-China Program.
Opening research labs to freshmen fosters innovation and community
Mini-UROP pairs freshmen with graduate students and postdocs while broadening opportunities for enhanced learning, collaboration, and networking.
Students see clean energy in action on IAP wind turbine tour
Tour gives students a chance to reflect on what drives their interest in renewables.
Coming together on climate
Hackathon for Climate brings students, faculty, staff, and alumni together on climate change solutions.
A jumpstart for entrepreneurs
Intensive course helps students navigate early challenges in starting a company.
Empowering innovation
Panel highlighting female innovators from a range of fields aims to encourage student entrepreneurs.
Celebrating the "Pleasures of Poetry" at MIT
Now in its 20th season, a popular poetry series provides the MIT community with new voices and verbal harmonies — and a window into MIT's varied poetry offerings.
Manager's Medley: IAP workshops for managers
Sharpen managerial knowledge and skills by taking an MIT management workshop.
Q&A: Visiting artist Keith Ellenbogen
MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology visiting artist Keith Ellenbogen brings high-speed photography to the natural world.
MIT Global Studies and Languages announces new Cantonese class
Pilot program will teach beginning-level Cantonese during the 2016 Independent Activities Period.
Capturing an underwater world
Visiting artist Keith Ellenbogen collaborates with MIT faculty and staff to create a unique underwater photography course.
Anicka Yi's olfactory art
Working with materials from bacteria to honey, visiting artist Anicka Yi creates unique sensory installations.
Elaine Kung '15 awarded $5,000 by MIT Tau Beta Pi to improve design of compost toilets
Continuing work begun on a D-Lab trip, Kung aims to reduce the costs and labor required to produce compost toilets in El Salvador.
Students inspire engineering activities and curriculum development for young learners
Civil and environmental engineering TREX students present their findings on Hawaii’s Mt. Kilauea to Boston Museum of Science educators.