MIT creates new Online Education Policy Initiative
Project brings together leaders in learning sciences, social sciences, and cognitive sciences to collaborate on a vision for the future of online learning.
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Captioning at scale
Company’s more-efficient captioning system processes hundreds of video-hours per day.
Gizmo Garden blooms in Maine
The MIT Edgerton Center’s K-12 electronics curriculum was the basis for a creative technology-education workshop in rural Maine this winter.
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam students participate in White House Science Fair
High-school students from two Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams showcased their invention projects for President Obama at the 2015 White House Science Fair.
Philosopher Robert Stalnaker solves problems the MIT way
Focus on real-world concerns underpins research in areas including game theory, linguistics, decision theory, and economics.
MIT offers admissions decisions to the Class of 2019
MIT admits 1,467 students from 50 states and 67 countries; video of drones delivering acceptance letters garners local and national media attention.
Info session: Ford-MIT Alliance request for proposals
Ford's Ed Krause will discuss the company's areas of interest in advance of its annual research grants.
Swine flu outbreak in India raises concern
MIT study finds evidence that a new strain of H1N1 may carry dangerous mutations.
How it’s made
A seminar series on the nuts and bolts of constructing a 200,000 square-foot nanotechnology laboratory comes to MIT.
Squitching behavior
MIT graduate student Farnaz Niroui demonstrates squeezable nano electromechanical switches with quantum tunneling function.
The poetics and pragmatics of participatory art
Urban planning, architecture, and art students and practitioners join in a conversation about participatory art led by visiting MIT fellow Mel Chin.
New faculty in engineering
Twelve new faces join six academic departments in the School of Engineering.
