MIT Arab SciTech Virtual IDEAthon rethinks learning during Covid-19
Online event aimed to develop high-impact ideas to improve educational outcomes in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Design in a major key
MIT’s design minor and major programs give rise to polymath students with design skills they can apply to any field.
Cynthia Breazeal named Media Lab associate director
Expert in personal social robots will work with lab faculty and researchers to develop strategic research initiatives, and to explore new funding mechanisms.
MIT-Takeda program launches
Research projects will harness the power of artificial intelligence to positively impact human health.
Meet the MIT bilinguals: Claudia Chen '20 combines creative, humanistic, and technical fields
Recent MIT graduate will apply her dual comparative media studies and mechanical engineering degree to work in the technology industry.
Team 2020 charts a course for MIT
Report outlines the thinking behind five proposed options for the 2020-2021 academic year.
MIT and Biogen launch virtual learning lab for underrepresented high school students
Online learning program combines lab simulations and mentoring experiences focused on biotechnology and neurological diseases.
MIT Logarhythms host a virtual concert and release a sneak peek of their new EP
Student singers offer a night of good music and high-energy performances online.
MIT’s first online Commencement, as seen through social media
Though the MIT community was spread around the world due to Covid-19, graduates and their families celebrated magic moments through social posts.
3 Questions: Sandy Alexandre on the literary roots of technological innovations
“Our speculative fiction writers are the unsung prophets among us.”
Mathematics department recognized for STEM student enrichment program
Popular diversity and enrichment outreach program marks 10th anniversary with award as it adapts to Covid-19.
Hacking Commencement
Marshalling forces from across the Institute, MIT will deliver an online celebration worthy of the Class of 2020.
MIT a cappella group sings through quarantine together
Syncopasian, MIT's premier East Asian a cappella group, produced a Zoom-themed video to keep music alive during quarantine.
Helping artisanal miners in Colombia face the Covid-19 crisis
MIT D-Lab and local community partners to deliver virtual trainings on making masks, hand sanitizer, vertical gardens, and portable chicken coops.
MIT student leaders go virtual with global startup competitions
In the face of Covid-19, the MIT Water Club and the MIT Food and Agriculture Club take their signature innovation prizes online.