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The 2018 Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellows will receive financial support and valuable experience working in DOE laboratories. They are: (l-r) Billy Moses, Kaley Brauer, Paul Zhang, and Sarah Greer.

Computational science grad students awarded U.S. Department of Energy fellowships

Kaley Brauer, Sarah Greer, William Moses, and Paul Zhang will receive DoE support to fuel research that tackles problems of national importance.

October 19, 2018

Guests speakers at a recent MIT Open Learning AR/VR Symposium were: (clockwise from top left) MIT Professor Fox Harrell; director Shekhar Kapur; Berklee College of Music professor Susan Rogers; sound designer Mark Mangini; Princeton University Professor Edgar Choueiri; and MIT Vice President for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma.

Exploring the future of learning through virtual and augmented reality

At a recent symposium, MIT Open Learning invited experts to discuss the power of VR and AR tools to drive engagement with education.

October 18, 2018

Letter to the MIT community regarding the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

October 15, 2018

FAQ on the newly established MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

October 15, 2018

David Niño's popular online course, “Leadership and Innovation for Technology Professionals,” is the first of many that will be offered in Spanish.

MIT Professional Education launches its first online course in Spanish

Launch of leadership and innovation course marks the first of what will be many MITPE online courses available in fully-translated form.

October 11, 2018

MIT visiting scholar Padma Lakshmi, the host and executive producer of Bravo’s Top Chef and co-founder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America, speaks to MIT researchers in the lab of Linda Griffith, an MIT School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation, Biological Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

A recipe for health

Women’s health advocate, Top Chef host and executive producer, and MIT visiting scholar Padma Lakshmi tours campus, speaks on endometriosis.

October 9, 2018

Three MIT researchers, (l-r) Riccardo Comin, Luqiao Lui, and Phillip Keathley, have all been awarded three-year, $450,000 grants.

Three MIT researchers win U.S. Air Force Young Investigator Research Program grants

Riccardo Comin, Phillip “Donnie” Keathley, and Luqiao Lui are among 31 selected nationwide.

October 5, 2018

Young learners at the Chinese International School build their own project with guidance from rising MIT junior Rana Odabas.

MIT STEAM Camp in Hong Kong blends mind and hand for middle school students

MIT's pK-12 Action Group collaborates with the Chinese International School to bring faculty, staff, and students together for hands-on learning.

October 3, 2018

Takian Fakhrul, a fourth-year PhD student in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

Takian Fakhrul: Paving “one-way streets” for light inside photonic devices

PhD student designs materials that help guide light within silicon chips, and seeks to advance materials science in her home country of Bangladesh.

October 2, 2018

Columnist Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times, delivering the fall 2018 Compton Lecture at MIT on Oct. 1.

Thomas Friedman examines impact of global “accelerations”

In fall 2018 Compton Lecture, noted columnist discusses problems and opportunities arising from a society in flux.

October 2, 2018

MIT and HUBweek showcase ideas and innovators making the future

Institute throws open its doors for the Greater Boston area’s fourth annual celebration of innovation.

October 1, 2018

Reverend Kirstin Boswell-Ford was installed as MIT Chaplain at a ceremony on Sept. 28.

Remarks from the installation ceremony for MIT Chaplain Kirstin Boswell-Ford

September 28, 2018

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

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

Does free flow of capital make the economy more efficient?

David Thesmar studies what happens when the finance sector shakes up the whole economy.

September 26, 2018

A steady flow of students visited to check out the selection of items offered at TechMart.

At-cost grocery pilot opens in Walker Memorial

TechMart store for students, now located on the second floor in Rebecca’s Café, was recommended by the Food Insecurity Solutions Working Group.