From the water to Washington
MIT senior Noam Angrist works to reform education and health care through youth mentorship and economics.
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Bringing the world to innovation
With up to $25 million in new USAID funding, MIT’s D-Lab will gain greater ability to help people in the developing world find their own solutions.
MIT a linchpin of major new USAID program
Institute researchers aim to spur development and evaluation of useful technologies to help the world’s poor.
UAAP rolls out new website and system for IAP 2013
Community members can easily browse Independent Activities Period activities by sponsor, category or date.
Predicting what topics will trend on Twitter
A new algorithm predicts which Twitter topics will trend hours in advance and offers a new technique for analyzing data that fluctuate over time.
Belfer gift creates consortium targeting neurodegenerative diseases
Collaboration unites Picower Institute at MIT with MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine.
How to communicate science visually
In a new book, MIT’s Felice Frankel aims to help scientists and engineers improve the way they portray their research through photos, diagrams and graphs.
Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid
With 20 years’ notice, paint pellets could cause an asteroid to veer off course.
MIT Game Lab explores the potential of games and play
New laboratory opens its doors with a symposium, a festival and seven new games.
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams selected from national pool of student applicants
16 high school teams awarded up to $10,000 in grants to bring invention ideas to life.
Composing for loudspeakers: computer music pioneer John Chowning visits MIT
The inventor of FM synthesis, Chowning revolutionized the music industry; saw a glimpsing into the future of music at the Institute.
Presidential campaigns offer energetic energy debate at MIT
Representatives of Obama, Romney camps lay out differences in crucial policy domains of energy and the environment.