A passionate advocate for open data
Senior Radha Mastandrea analyzes data from CERN in search of more information about the universe’s fundamental particles.
Math Prize for Girls competition helps to close the gender gap in mathematics
MIT hosts the 10th annual contest encouraging STEM careers for female middle and high school students.
3Q: Sheila Widnall on sexual harassment in STEM
National Academies report cites need for strong leadership and cultural change; will be focus of upcoming MIT panel discussion.
Most popular MITx MOOC reaches 1.2 million enrollments
Since its first online offering in 2012, Introduction to Computer Science using Python from MITx has become the most popular MOOC in MIT history.
Investigating Earth’s earliest life
Graduate student Kelsey Moore uses genetic and fossil evidence to study the first stages of evolution on our planet.
NASA student competitors honored for persistence
MIT student group welcomes an all-black, all-female team who had been targeted by racist and misogynistic members of an infamous online forum.
Meet the women shaping science and engineering in Saudi Arabia
Through the Ibn Khaldun Fellowship for Saudi Arabian Women, postdoctoral scientists and engineers develop their professional skills during a one-year stay at MIT.
Paying it forward: Fellowship boosts women in physics
Four students are first beneficiaries of grant program established by Assistant Professor Lindley Winslow with support from the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Rebecca Masterson appointed AeroAstro principal research scientist
Mechanical engineer and instrument scientist on NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is the first female principal research scientist in the department's history.
Institute Archives spotlights pioneering women at MIT
Initiative is building collections highlighting the contributions of female faculty.
Dynamic duo
Incoming first-year students Malik and Miles George double down on their dream of attending MIT.
Fighting implicit bias in STEM with increased cognitive control
In a visit with the Department of Biology, Lydia Villa-Komaroff PhD '75 explains how “thinking fast makes changing slow.”
Networks in aerospace
Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.
Scene at MIT: PhD baby and her amazing mama
A new daughter helped Alejandra Falla PhD ’18 gain perspective on life — and her tiny MIT regalia stole the show at Commencement.
How many people can China feed?
Graduate student Tiziana Smith studies links between water availability and crop yields in the world’s most populous country.