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Maker education — an open-ended, process-driven, youth-centered learning approach — has grown in popularity in K-12 education over the past decade, but assessing its outcomes has been challenging.

MIT Teaching Systems Lab to address assessments in maker education

Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, TSL will collaborate with Maker Ed to improve school-based assessment practices in maker-centered education.

December 19, 2017

A Nov. 20 reception honored the MIT faculty receiving this year’s Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants. The program is named for the late Amar Bose ’51, SM ’52, ScD ’56, a longtime MIT faculty member and the founder of the Bose Corporation. This year’s reception also honored his son, Vanu Bose ’87, SM ’94, PhD ’99, who passed away last month. In his opening remarks, President L. ...

Bose Grants for 2017 reward bold and unconventional research visions

Six potentially paradigm-shifting research projects will make strides with funding from Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.

December 14, 2017

J-PAL North America is inviting governments and health care organizations across the United States to apply for support evaluating innovative approaches to address critical social challenges.

J-PAL North America calls for proposals from governments and health care organizations

MIT research center aims to support state and local governments and health care organizations in testing innovative approaches to address pressing policy challenges.

December 6, 2017

Cadence Payne (left) and Alexa Aguilar credit AeroAstro fellowships with allowing them to follow their research interests without constant worry of funding their studies.

AeroAstro announces graduate fellowships for women and other underrepresented students

November 29, 2017

Baker residents enjoy time with one of the furry stress therapists of the MIT Puppy Lab during a recent MindHandHeart-sponsored study break.

MindHandHeart study break

Sushi, gratitude cards, and puppy visits are supported by a grant program that promotes wellness and community building.

November 14, 2017

The 2017-2018 MIT-Lemelson InvenTeams hail from around the United States.

High School teams awarded 2017-18 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant for invention projects

Fifteen student teams nationwide address local problems through invention.

October 30, 2017

MIT Campaign for a Better World ends FY17 with $3.6 billion

The Institute finished the fiscal year with $589 million in new gifts and pledges, MIT’s largest annual fundraising total to date.

October 26, 2017

Alchemist statue, which is series of numbers and letters

Deshpande Center and J-WAFS announce fall 2017 research grants

Twenty-two research teams receive $1,443,000 to develop new technological innovations.

October 17, 2017

With International Policy Lab support, MIT Associate Professor Noelle Selin (third from left) led a delegation of MIT researchers to the first conference on the Minamata Convention on Mercury. There, the team disseminated mercury science policy briefs developed with IPL support. The team members, as pictured here: (l-r) Boston University Associate Professor Henrik Selin, Dartmouth College Research...

International Policy Lab issues new call for proposals

The IPL provides funding and policy outreach support to help MIT faculty and researchers connect with the policy world.

October 12, 2017

One of the newly launched research projects from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and funded by the CEE Seed Fund awards, seeks to examine the impact of resource allocation and community ecology on crop productivity and resilience in Hawaii.

Establishing interdisciplinary approaches to agriculture and fundamental biological processes

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering awards cross-disciplinary seed funds.

October 11, 2017

Ten from MIT and the Broad Institute recently received NIH Director's Awards. Top row (l-r): Feng Zhang, Kay Tye, Kevin Esvelt, Fei Chen; Bottom row (l-r): Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, Ahmed Badran, Hilary Finucane, Ed Boyden. Not pictured: Paul Blainey and Evan Macosko.

Ten researchers from MIT and Broad receive NIH Director’s Awards

Awards support high-risk, high-impact biomedical research.

October 5, 2017

MIT Vice President for Research Maria Zuber, who chairs the National Science Board, called the Golden Goose Awards “a chance every year to open our minds, shake off any cynicism, and remind ourselves of the enormous and often unpredictable promise of science.”

Maria Zuber: Golden Goose Awards illustrate virtues of basic research

Ceremony honors research that may have once seemed obscure but has had significant social impact.

October 3, 2017

The blue glow of Cerenkov radiation emanates from the core of MIT's reactor.

MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory launches seed grant program

New program eases access to the MIT Reactor for MIT faculty and research staff.

September 21, 2017

Erica James, associate professor of medical anthropology and urban studies in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, co-presents with Dennis McLaughlin, H.M. King Bhumibol Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (not pictured) on the results of their research project, Leverage Points: Opportunities for Increasing Food Production in Developing Countries, funded by ...

Projects make inroads on global food and water challenges

MIT researchers supported by J-WAFS present results of their work on food and water security.

September 21, 2017

D-Lab research associate Megha Hegde and two local students from India conduct a hands-on workshop on water filters with the women of Mujholi village in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, India, for the new xylem filter technology, funded by J-WAFS Solutions.

J-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions

Three new projects and two renewals receive J-WAFS Solutions grant funding for 2017-2018.

September 7, 2017

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