Collier Memorial dedication and community picnic to honor fallen MIT officer MIT community invited to April 27 lecture and April 29 memorial dedication and picnic in honor of Officer Sean Collier. April 14, 2015 Read full story →
Building community for EECS postdocs Postdoctoral scholars in electrical engineering and computer science gain new perspectives as Postdoc6 comes full cycle. March 25, 2015 Read full story →
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam students participate in White House Science Fair High-school students from two Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams showcased their invention projects for President Obama at the 2015 White House Science Fair. March 23, 2015 Read full story →
Teaching programming to preschoolers System that lets children program a robot using stickers embodies new theories about programming languages. March 11, 2015 Read full story →
Finger-mounted reading device for the blind Audio feedback helps user scan finger along a line of text, which software converts to speech. March 10, 2015 Read full story →
Domitilla Del Vecchio bridges math, engineering, and biology Mechanical engineering professor carries out pioneering work in the creation of biological circuits. March 9, 2015 Read full story →
Nickerson named vice president for communications Head of MIT News Office to assume larger role in coordinating Institute-wide communications. February 24, 2015 Read full story →
Can an LED-filled “robot garden” make coding more accessible? CSAIL’s 100-plus blooming, crawling, swimming bots teach basic programming concepts. February 18, 2015 Read full story →
Consumer-friendly makers Media Lab alumni’s success with “smart” gaming blocks led to an acquisition deal to make consumer drones. February 17, 2015 Read full story →
Eight from MIT elected to National Academy of Engineering New members include the Institute’s president and the director of Lincoln Laboratory. February 5, 2015 Read full story →
Lincoln Laboratory hosts first "Make Your Own Wearables" workshop for high-school girls Hands-on projects in wearable technology introduce girls to mechanical design and electrical engineering. January 14, 2015 Read full story →
Inspiring a new generation of innovators Andrew Viterbi ’56, SM ’57 has been a pioneer in wireless communications for more than half a century. January 13, 2015 Read full story →
Vision system for household robots New algorithm could enable household robots to better identify objects in cluttered environments. January 12, 2015 Read full story →
Five CSAIL researchers named ACM fellows The Association for Computer Machinery cites Devadas, Grimson, Morris, Rubinfeld, and Rus as having "provided key knowledge" to computing. January 8, 2015 Read full story →