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Participants from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan convened at MIT for a two-day event on the future of the Nile water, hosted by Professor Elfatih Eltahir.

A forum on the future of the Nile River

International workshop proposes future directions for long-standing conflict.

May 4, 2018

Students get hands-on at Maker Break, the first annual celebration of making at MIT.

Maker Break: A celebration of making at MIT

Over 700 students and makers joined in the first annual participatory showcase of fabrication and crafts around the Institute.

May 4, 2018

“When I first started Python, I basically felt like I was learning some unfathomable witchcraft. Many of the concepts still feel hard to grasp for me, and that sort of feeling is what made me love it,” says second-year student James Quigley. He is featured with Ana Bell, a lecturer in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT.

Computation counts

Students are flocking to 6.00 (Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python), where they learn not just coding but computational thinking.

May 4, 2018

An artist concept depicts TESS in front of a lava planet orbiting its host star.

Ushering in the next phase of exoplanet discovery

Professor Sara Seager previews a new era of discovery as a leader of the TESS mission, which is expected to find some 20,000 extrasolar planets.

May 3, 2018

Untangling DNA knots

Chemical engineers discover how to control knots that form in DNA molecules.

May 3, 2018

Seven MIT graduate students are receiving 2018 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships. Top row, left to right: Eeshan Chetan Bhatt, Frederick Daso, Ashley Kaiser, and Bharath Kannan. Bottom row, left to right: Peter Yucheng Lu, Molly Parsons, and Sarah Schwartz.

Seven from MIT named National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellows

Fellowships last for up to three years, covering full tuition and mandatory fees.

May 2, 2018

CEE Research Night encouraged students, postdocs, and researchers to present an electronic poster of their work.

Networking to foster new ideas

Research showcase from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering brings community together for a poster session and networking.

May 2, 2018

MIT’s four new NAS members are (from left): Feng Zhang, Mehran Kardar, Amy Finkelstein, and Xiao-Gang Wen.

National Academy of Sciences elects four MIT professors for 2018

Finkelstein, Kardar, Wen, and Zhang honored for research achievements.

May 1, 2018

Left to right: 2018 Memorial Scholarship winners Dianna Gagnon, Noam Watt, Sloan Kanaski; MIT FCU President and CEO Brian Ducharme; Memorial Scholarship winners Jessica Quaye and Talya Klinger.

MIT Federal Credit Union presents 2018 scholarships, People Helping People Award

MIT senior Nick Schwartz honored for his service to the community; six high school and college students awarded $1,000 Memorial Scholarships.

April 30, 2018

Elazer Edelman will be the new director of MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science.

Elazer Edelman named director of Institute for Medical Engineering and Science

A faculty member at MIT and Harvard and a practicing cardiologist, Edelman will lead MIT’s hub for health science research, innovation, and education.

April 30, 2018