In the Media

Prof. Emeritus Woodie Flowers, “an innovative and flamboyant” professor who “championed a hands-on learning philosophy that reshaped engineering and design education,” died on Oct. 11, reports Glenn Rifkin for The New York Times. “Flowers’ “philosophy on design thinking and his learn-by-doing methods influenced not only generations of M.I.T. students,” writes Rifkin, “but also academic engineering programs around the world.”