Second annual MIT Teaching with Digital Technology Awards recipients selected
Faculty and instructors recognized for improving classroom instruction and student engagement through innovative uses of digital technology.
MIT’s Solve initiative seeks solutions to its 2017 global challenges
Applications for problem-solvers interested in four new areas are due August 1.
Study: Preschoolers learn from math games — to a point
Games found to improve conceptual math skills, but gains may not carry over to primary school.
MIT team races to second in electric car competition
Strong performances across multiple categories boost MIT Motorsports electric vehicle team at SAE Collegiate Design Series event in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus
New AFFOA facility represents a significant MIT investment in advanced manufacturing innovation.
MIT students hack assistive technology solutions for local clients
At the 2017 Assistive Technologies Hackathon hosted at Beaver Works, students created helpful devices for Greater Boston residents with disabilities.
Dora Aldama: Drawn to multidimensional problems
MIT graduate student connects the business, engineering, and human elements of producing aerospace technology.
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.
Dean Kamen: “The magic is out there!”
Noted inventors Kamen and Flowers urge students to unleash their imagination on world’s problems.
MIT to spur global education hub for displaced populations and refugees
The Refugee ACTion Hub (ReACT) will create tailored learning experiences and spark collaboration.
Classroom Earth: Drones over the desert
Professor Kristin Bergmann and her class used innovative technology to explore the sedimentary history of the Carrara Formation in California's Death Valley.
Raul Boquin: Working toward high-quality education for all
MIT senior envisions opportunities for “every person of the world who wants to learn something.”
Celebrating 10 years of Scratch
Scratch Day @ MIT was one of more than 1,100 global events during May to celebrate the kids’ programming language and online community on its 10th anniversary.
Summer Scholars embrace engineering challenges
Diverse group seeks MIT laboratory internship experiences in materials science, photonics, energy, and biomedical applications.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden visits MIT
Swedish delegation tours Institute, participates in dialogue on innovation.