Using prizes to spur innovation
MIT Professor Fiona Murray produces concrete guidelines on designing and executing Grand Innovation Prizes.
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The What, Who, and How of DUE: Global Education and Career Development (GECD)
Global Education & Career Development (GECD) comprises three complementary areas within one office.
MIT files new Kendall Square rezoning petition
Action will launch public review process in Cambridge, further collaborative thinking on campus.
From the water to Washington
MIT senior Noam Angrist works to reform education and health care through youth mentorship and economics.
UC Berkeley joins edX
UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online-learning collaborative; edX broadens free course offerings into public health, computer science and solid-state chemistry; opens registration
Sal Khan salutes ‘the wizards of tomorrow’
In commencement address, 1998 alumnus asks the Class of 2012 to perform a thought experiment in time travel.
Human touch
In many quarters, reaction to L. Rafael Reif’s election as MIT president focuses on his personal qualities.
Anthropologist Silbey receives award for research on forging safety in science labs
Aligning ideals and real-world conditions
Four professors named 2012 MacVicar Fellows
Broadhead, Kaelbling, Kaiser and Rose awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.
Susan Hockfield to step down
MIT’s 16th president led Institute in service to nation and world; met recession with unprecedented fundraising success and careful budget management.