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MIT Vice President for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma (left) leads a panel on "The Virtual Campus" during the symposium, with (from left) Susan Singer, Pul LeBlanc, and Anant Agarwal.

MIT’s past and future

Symposium celebrates MIT’s history in Cambridge and looks at what comes next.

April 1, 2016

MIT releases Online Education Policy Initiative report

New report draws on diverse fields to reflect on digital learning.

April 1, 2016

Chancellor announces changes to undergraduate withdrawal and readmission policies

Enhancements aim to make processes clearer, easier to navigate, and more supportive.

March 30, 2016

MIT has named its historic Building 2 in honor of James H. '58 and Marilyn Simons, whose generosity enabled the Institute to restore and renovate the building.

MIT names historic Building 2, home of mathematics, in honor of James '58 and Marilyn Simons

March 30, 2016

Sophia Yakoubov (left), holding her 20 Twenties trophy, was photographed with fellow MIT-affiliated honorees Samuel Udotong (center) and Jillian James at the annual Laureates Awards event held in Washington earlier this month. Kathrine Bretl, the other awardee from MIT, did not attend.

Four from MIT named to Aviation Week's "20 Twenties"

Lincoln Laboratory engineers and Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics undergraduates honored as engineering leaders of tomorrow.

March 25, 2016

(From left) Randall Briggs, Ike Feitler, Jonathan Hunt, Martin Culpepper, and Saana McDaniel, creators of the Mobius app that helps students get access to workshops on campus.

Mobius App released to empower MIT maker community

Novel app will remove barriers to student making at MIT, impact universities around the world.

March 18, 2016

“MITx grants provide a fantastic mechanism for developing new courses.” —MIT Professor Hazel Sive

MITx Grant Program selects eight new innovative digital learning projects

New projects emphasize using digital methods not possible in traditional classes, leveraging research-based teaching practices, and measuring student learning.

March 16, 2016

IDSS conversations: Guy Bresler

Assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science discusses his work focusing on learning graphical models from data.

March 11, 2016

“Now, just over four years since its inception, Skoltech is an active graduate university with outstanding faculty, students, research and education programs, and a fledgling campus,” says Bruce Tidor (pictured).

3Q: Bruce Tidor on the MIT Skoltech partnership

Collaboration has created a pioneering new graduate university in Russia, says project director.

March 10, 2016

MIT Professional Education advances innovation through new certificate program

New offering to improve innovative practices of managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals worldwide.

March 7, 2016

2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows: (clockwise from top left) Patty Tang, Jeffrey Grossman, Michael Sipser, and Srinivas Devadas

Four professors named 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows

Devadas, Grossman, Sipser, and Tang awarded MIT’s highest undergraduate teaching award.

March 7, 2016

Increase of 10.4 percent in financial aid will benefit a wide range of MIT families

Substantial rise will benefit students and families across the economic spectrum.

March 4, 2016

A Pimp my Carroça cart displays the text: “Let’s recycle today so that we live well tomorrow.”

Solving global problems with MIT in Brazil

MIT student travels to São Paulo to assist non-profit in recognizing and organizing waste collectors.

February 26, 2016

Terrascope students Nikita Consul (left) and Jaclyn Wilson building a pressure vessel to simulate a possible underground facility for sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Terrascope recognized by National Academy of Engineering

Freshman learning community recognized as an Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education.

February 19, 2016

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student Anthony Carrasquillo (right) and freshman Judy Wang collected lignin from the coast, then experimented in the lab to see if light accelerates its degradation.

Opening research labs to freshmen fosters innovation and community

Mini-UROP pairs freshmen with graduate students and postdocs while broadening opportunities for enhanced learning, collaboration, and networking.