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Twenty high school girls from around the country participated in this year’s Women’s Technology Program (WTP), a four-week program that gives girls hands-on engineering experience in the lab and classroom. Pictured here, this summer’s WTP class takes a tour of the Pappalardo Lab.

Closing the gender gap in mechanical engineering

Women make up 49.5 percent of MIT’s undergraduates in mechanical engineering, due to department’s proactive approach, study finds.

July 31, 2017

Jim Christian SM '14 is co-founder and vice president of product for Mountain Hub, an app-based network in which people can upload and share critical real-time information about outdoor conditions.

Using sensors and social networks to make slopes safer

Alumni aim to make outdoor sports safer through gathering data and building a real-time social network.

July 10, 2017

PhD student Danielle Olson believes we can make digital information-sharing more natural and interpersonal, by creating immersive media to better understand each other’s feelings and backgrounds.

Danielle Olson: Building empathy through computer science and art

CSAIL PhD student creates immersive media to help users understand each other’s backgrounds and feelings.

May 30, 2017

Bill Aulet teaches an MIT Sloan Executive Education entrepreneurship course.

Wisdom gleaned from data and behavioral economics

In a follow-up to his popular "Disciplined Entrepreneurship," MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Bill Aulet provides new insights for entrepreneurs.

April 3, 2017

Thomas Friedman delivered the keynote address at the ninth annual Kendall Square Association (KSA) meeting.

KSA meeting focuses on digital globalization, emerging technologies

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman delivers keynote on how rising trends impact society.

March 30, 2017

Uncovering new ways to tell sports and media stories

Ben Shields' research focuses on the intersection of social media technologies, data analytics, and audience behavior in the sports, media, and entertainment industries.

March 21, 2017

Making the most of social media

Jenny Fowler, manager of social media strategy in MIT’s Communications Initiatives, shares tips for those building a social media presence for their DLC or group.

January 20, 2017

A tweet noting "The Simpsons"' prediction of a Nobel Prize for Professor Bengt Holmström was @MIT's most popular to date.

Top tweets of 2016

Best posts on @MIT touch on LIGO discoveries, Nobel laureate Bengt Holmström, Apollo pioneer Margaret Hamilton, Commencement speaker Matt Damon, and more.

December 30, 2016