Designing across disciplines
Architectural cross-studios encourage students to bridge gaps between design, history, and engineering.
Enhancing movement with computational models
PhD student David Hill maps human locomotion in detail to improve rehabilitative and assistive robotics.
Sports Shorts for Oct. 5, 2015: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Women’s Tennis nets 7th straight victory; Ojeda earns his third Rookie of the Week Award by NEFC
From physical education to national collegiate championships
Started as a physical education class in 2000, MIT's Sport Taekwondo Club now boasts numerous intercollegiate conference and national titles.
Graduate student financial literacy initiative launched
MIT community members can take advantage of a new financial literacy online portal and a series of financial literacy workshops.
Celebrating 40 years of MITES
MITES 40th Anniversary Kickoff Weekend launches yearlong celebration of MIT program for high school students.
Biomimetic non-reflective coating for solar cells wins MADMEC
Team wins $10,000 at annual competition for invention inspired by butterfly wings.
Innovative humanities MOOC, “Visualizing Japan,” nominated for the Japan Prize
In a Q&A, course co-founder Professor Shigeru Miyagawa discusses his unique online course and its impact on digital education.
Experiencing extreme Earth
Freshmen discover the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences through weather and climate demonstrations and a trip to Mt. Washington.
Classroom Earth
Earth science lessons at Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks bring Discover Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences freshmen up to speed.
New graduate student child care network at MIT
Pilot program will support child care providers who care for children of graduate students in the providers’ licensed homes on campus.
Arts on the Radar for MIT Students
New and returning students are introduced to MIT's wide array of arts programs and opportunities.
Sand, sand everywhere
Senior Carrington Motley balances track and field with research on vehicle mobility in sand.
Automating single-molecule image studies
MIT physics graduate student James Owen Andrews is developing software to improve dynamic image capture from super-resolution fluorescent microscopes.