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$The Math Prize for Girls, held annually at MIT, features 20 multistage problems in geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.$

Math Prize for Girls competition helps to close the gender gap in mathematics

MIT hosts the 10th annual contest encouraging STEM careers for female middle and high school students.

September 27, 2018

The MIT.nano building, at the center of campus adjacent to the Great Dome, has expansive glass facades that allow natural light into the labs while giving visitors a clear view of the research in action.

A big new home for the ultrasmall

MIT.nano building, the largest of its kind, will usher in a new age of nanoscale advancements.

September 23, 2018

Applications for second offering of the ReACT Computer and Data Science Program are now open.

New learning opportunities for displaced persons

Now accepting applications for new students, MIT ReACT Hub launched its first program in Jordan earlier this year with a certificate in computer and data science.

September 21, 2018

This morning’s ceremonial signing at the J-Clinic launch event. From left to right: Hassan Jameel, president of Community Jameel Saudi Arabia; L. Rafael Reif, president of MIT; Fady Jameel, president of Community Jameel International.

Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health at MIT aims to revolutionize disease prevention, detection, and treatment

A key part of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, J-Clinic builds on MIT expertise across multiple scientific disciplines.

September 17, 2018

Professor Shih-Ying Lee enjoyed participating in the MIT Sailing Club. This photo was taken in 1942.

Shih-Ying Lee, longtime mechanical engineering professor, inventor, and entrepreneur, dies at 100

Retired MIT professor specialized in measurement and instrumentation, held 20 patents, and launched two companies.

August 30, 2018

Left to right: Paloma Gonzalez, Associate Professor Takehiko Nagakura, Chang Liu, and Wenzhe Peng pose with a panoramic view of Machu Picchu in Peru. They are part of an MIT team that has worked to digitally document the site.

MIT team digitizes historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu

What if we could immerse ourselves in this UNESCO World Heritage Site through virtual reality or use augmented reality to interact with its 3-D site map?

August 28, 2018

Thomas Magnanti honored with Singapore’s National Day Award

Institute Professor and former president of Singapore University of Technology and Design helped build MIT-Singapore institutions and programs.

August 17, 2018

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command views a shift to model-based systems engineering as an essential step in shortening and modernizing its abilities to deliver high-quality, state-of-the-art programs. Pictured here is Cmdr. Cynthia Dieterly, commanding officer of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 115 conducts pre-flight checks on an E-2C Hawkeye prior to launch from the Nimitz-class aircraft...

Transforming the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, with thanks to MIT

NAVAIR is upgrading its acquisition capabilities using an MIT online course in model-based systems engineering.

August 6, 2018

Ibn Khaldun fellow Thamraa Al-Shahrani has spent the past year working in MIT’s Photovoltaics Research Laboratory to improve the stability of perovskite solar cells.

Meet the women shaping science and engineering in Saudi Arabia

Through the Ibn Khaldun Fellowship for Saudi Arabian Women, postdoctoral scientists and engineers develop their professional skills during a one-year stay at MIT.

August 5, 2018