Training STEM teachers to uncover students’ full potential
The Practical Education Network cultivates a version of MIT’s hands-on teaching methodology in low-resource communities.
Nurturing human communities and natural ecosystems
Senior Heidi Li strives to help local communities understand how they can influence policymaking to achieve a more sustainable future.
Cynthia Breazeal named dean for digital learning at MIT
Overseeing business and research units across MIT Open Learning, Breazeal will focus on the future of digital technologies and their applications in education.
Women’s Technology Program 2021: The sweet sound of success
Now in its 19th year, the WTP brings high school students with little STEM experience to Cambridge for an immersive, four-week exploration of all things engineering.
OMEGA scholarships awarded to high school students who fostered multigenerational connections
Annual MIT AgeLab scholarship encourages interaction between youth and older adults.
At Mass STEM Week kickoff, MIT RAISE announces Day of AI
Artificial intelligence is top-of-mind as Governor Baker, President Reif encourage students to “see yourself in STEM.”
Cynthia Breazeal named senior associate dean for open learning
Social robotics and artificial intelligence pioneer will oversee business units and help to guide innovative learning initiatives.
Distinguishing truth in communications
With a new National Science Foundation grant, Justin Reich and collaborators will apply information literacy research to communities outside the formal education system.
Budding coders create apps aimed at real-world impact
MIT App Inventor’s “Appathon” joins programmers from around the world to imagine a better future and start building it one app at a time.
The MIT Press Bookstore reopens in a new location in Kendall Square
Part of the reimagined MIT Kendall Gateway, the bookstore will sell a curated selection of publications by the MIT Press and other publishers.
Encouraging children’s wonder with “Ada and the Galaxies”
MIT’s Alan Lightman co-authors the first title from MIT Kids Press, a new imprint from the MIT Press and Candlewick Press.
Playing with proteins
At the MIT Edgerton Center, educators are quietly transforming the way biology is taught in schools.
Company founded by MIT alumnus lets anyone run DNA experiments
MiniPCR bio has sold thousands of its inexpensive polymerase chain reaction machines to researchers and schools around the world.
3 Questions: Making the 2021-22 school year work for students
Associate Professor Justin Reich co-authors a new report on reimagining K-12 schools for a post-pandemic world.
The MIT Press breaks new ground with STEM-themed young-adult graphic fiction
With “The Curie Society,” the press reaches out to a new generation of individuals interested in ethics and equity in STEM.