From MIT to the national stage
MassJAS Symposium at MIT selects talented high school students to showcase their science research at the 2017 AAAS annual meeting.
Inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers with Boston STEM Week
MIT collaborates with Boston Public Schools to bring hands-on curricula to local students.
Collaborating with community colleges to innovate educational technology
Inspired by aerospace engineering, MIT Fly-by-Wire project enables customized teaching and learning experiences.
Media Lab conference addresses gender bias, diversity, and inclusion in STEM
Megan Smith ’86, SM ’88 and other thought leaders offer advice to students on how women in STEM fields can develop skills for navigating life and work.
Students unlock the secrets of cryptography
LLCipher workshop hosted by the Lincoln Laboratory teaches the mathematics behind cryptography.
The teacher becomes the student
Ten Tunisian professors take part in MIT-Educator’s inaugural program to examine their higher-ed practices.
![“There's a lot of role models here [at MIT], and sometimes, in Chile or in Mexico or in Costa Rica, [girls] don't know that there's a graduate student or an undergrad doing these cool things at MIT,” says grad student Alicia Chong Rodriguez. “I think it's a matter of just connecting the dots.”](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201608/MIT-Alicia-Chong-1.jpg?itok=SHyICvo7)
Taking on gender gaps in health care and technology
Graduate student Alicia Chong Rodriguez uses her engineering skills to empower women.
Analyzing lithium ion battery fatigue
Summer Scholar Erica Eggleton joins Van Vliet Lab to make and test lithium manganese oxide electrodes.
$1 million gift to support diversity in STEM education
Gift from Hopper-Dean Foundation will enhance computer science and engineering programs for high school and middle school students.
Professor Emeritus Seymour Papert, pioneer of constructionist learning, dies at 88
World-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary was a founding faculty member of the MIT Media Lab.
Eboney Hearn '01 named director of MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs
Chemical engineering alumna with deep knowledge of the Institute will lead hallmark diversity program.