Getting a move on in math
Marshall Scholar Kirin Sinha is motivating young women to pursue math through dance.
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MIT team competing in DARPA Robotics Challenge; webcast on Friday and Saturday
The MIT DARPA Robotics Challenge Team will be competing alongside 16 other teams for a spot in the Finals.
Hidden risk in supply chains
Analysis shows no correlation between a manufacturer’s total expenditure with a supplier and the cost of a supply disruption.
Remembering Arthur R. von Hippel
MIT Institute Professor Emeritus Mildred Dresselhaus recalls mentor’s influence as she receives award in his name.
As the world turns: Learning about plate tectonics through on-screen interactions
Created by OEIT's ARTEMiS group, the Plate Tectonics interactive visualization challenges students to interpret a 3-D globe of tectonic data, providing animations of the opening and closing of ocean basins and the splitting of Pangaea.
Four MIT seniors win Marshall Scholarships
Kate Koch, Colleen Loynachan, Kirin Sinha, and Grace Young will study for two years in the UK.
David Perreault is appointed EECS associate department head
Munther Dahleh is appointed as acting director of ESD and new organization with focus on socio-technical systems, information and decision systems and statistics.
3 Questions: Benjamin Olken on the economic impact of climate change
MIT economist has co-authored a new survey on the burgeoning research about the effects of the changing climate.
Catalyst for business
Startup Rive Technology is commercializing an MIT-developed invention that improves catalysts used in oil refining, leading to greater yields.
Study: Current efforts not enough to prevent climate consequences
MIT researchers provide a window into the future with 2013 Energy and Climate Outlook
DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman will be MIT’s 2014 Commencement speaker
A champion of market-driven science, trained as an engineer, will address the Class of 2014 on June 6.
MIT Big Data Initiative launches transportation challenge, privacy working group
New efforts aimed at improving the use and management of big data
The moon’s face doesn’t tell its whole story
Researchers find that huge craters on the near side of the moon may overstate the intensity of asteroid impacts about 4.1 billion years ago.