Supercharging undergraduate research
Now open to the entire School of Engineering, SuperUROP is creating an interdisciplinary community of scholars.
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Teaching machines to predict the future
Deep-learning vision system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab anticipates human interactions using videos of TV shows.
Featured video: Making makers at MIT
In celebration of the White House's Week of Making, a look at the vibrant makerspace ecosystem around the Institute.
Why do women leave engineering?
Study: Group dynamics of teamwork and internships deter many women in the profession.
Artificial intelligence produces realistic sounds that fool humans
Video-trained system from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab could help robots understand how objects interact with the world.
President L. Rafael Reif's charge to the Class of 2016
"You made MIT better. And now you will make a better world," Reif tells more than 2,800 new graduates.
Powered by literature on her way toward an MD
Senior Cara Lai cites MIT Literature studies as key to her preparation for medical practice.
Finding wonderland
Senior Marie Elimbi Moudio enters a “weird place” and discovers a world of possibility.
Julie Shah, Sandy Alexandre receive campus houseteam appointments
Shah named head of house after serving as Sidney Pacific associate housemaster; Alexandre joins East Campus as associate head of house.
Maria Zuber elected as chair of the National Science Board
For the first time, women will hold both of the board’s top leadership positions.
MIT, Lockheed Martin launch long-term research collaboration
Initial focus will be on transformative technologies, autonomy, and robotics.
Making it real
Two new programs, MakerBucks and MakerLodge, for MIT freshmen will provide training, funds, and community for makers.
Ingestible origami robot
Robot unfolds from ingestible capsule, removes button battery stuck to wall of simulated stomach.
Lincoln Laboratory establishes a supercomputing center
New facility will enable interactive, high-performance computing for data analysis.
