MIT students dominate Putnam Mathematical Competition, winning team event
Four of five top individual finishers, known as “Putnam Fellows,” also hail from MIT.
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The complexonaut
Scott Aaronson travels the far reaches of computational complexity, shaping conventional and quantum computing.
Robot 101: Learning to work with humans
Julie Shah teaches a new generation of robots to collaborate safely and efficiently with workers across industries.
Ancient whodunit may be solved: The microbes did it!
Methane-producing microbes may be responsible for the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history.
How to beat others to the mathematical punch
New MITx MOOC brings the street fighting approach to solving math problems.
Artist Olafur Eliasson brings Little Sun to MIT
Art and social entrepreneurship project engages MIT’s energy community.
Azra Akšamija: Creating community amid conflict
Exhibit explores how art and architecture can act as vehicles for community making in contexts of conflict and crisis.
MechE alumna Danielle Zurovcik’s WiCare named finalist for Hult Prize
Winner will be announced in September
Massive open entrepreneurship
New MITx MOOC brings the expertise of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship to the Web.
MIT researchers describe 'energy game changers' at CERAWeek2014
MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong leads panel, among other IHS CERAWeek sessions featuring MIT faculty and researchers.
Five professors named 2014 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Buongiorno, Lozano-Pérez, Ochsendorf, Paxson, and Prather receive MIT’s top undergraduate teaching honor.
CEE students model the world and invent the future
Computational thinking and problem solving form the basis for new educational initiatives