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The YenAra (in Twi, a local language in Ghana, meaning “our very own”) backpacks team, now in AFEP, is developing advanced, functional, yet stylish backpacks that encourage individuals to showcase their creativity through socially responsible ways. Pictured are two of the founders, Sedinam Worlanyo (left) and Bolutife Fakoya, both Swarthmore College alumni, presenting at Swarthmore SwatTank An...

AFFOA and VMS launch Advanced Fabrics Entrepreneurship Program

Year-long program will give early-stage entrepreneurs a leg up in the functional fabrics industry.

April 13, 2018

A new online course from MIT and Boeing uses a 3-D-printed kit to enrich the learning experience. Similar to a textbook, the kit is used as a reference throughout the course. The kit has metal and polymer parts made by industry-relevant 3-D-printing processes, including stereolithography, multi-jet fusion, and direct metal laser sintering. The parts interlock to form a model of MIT's iconic Buildi...

MIT-Boeing educational collaboration aims to scale learning in additive manufacturing

New online course will enable professionals to invent and implement innovative 3-D-printing applications.

April 12, 2018

Students get hands-on experience at the Broad Institute during a six-week enrichment program run by the MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs.

Future engineers build confidence and community

Empowering young scientists and engineers is personal for Eboney Hearn ’01, executive director of the MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs.

March 22, 2018

In the 13th district, the students discovered "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité," a building-mural designed by the artist Shepard Fairey, who gifted it to Paris after the attacks of 2015.

Outstanding MIT students of French explore "Paris et la rue"

In the January Scholars in France program, students discover behind-the-scenes Paris and the city's storied streets.

March 5, 2018

Students from the SafeSlice team explain their inspiration.

Human factors engineering class tackles design for aging

MIT students learn human-centered design skills in a course offered during the 2018 Independent Activities Period.

March 2, 2018

“When’s the last time it felt as if an entire theater were about to levitate?” writes Matt Wolf in the New York Times. “The blissful overdrive of Jay Scheib’s production can affect even a relative outlier — ‘Bat Out of Hell’ is all but blasting an adoring audience out of their seats.” Actors Andrew Polec (left) as Strat, Phoebe Hart (center) as Bessamey, and Isaac Edwards (right)...

Q&A: Jay Scheib on theater, daring, and love

MIT professor directs award-winning rock musical “Bat Out of Hell.”

February 27, 2018

Yun Chang, an AeroAstro junior, took time to explore London while doing research at Imperial last summer.

MIT expands partnership with Imperial College London

Collaborative academic and research exchange programs continue to grow.

February 22, 2018

East Pacific Center Towers, Shenzhen, China.

New connector helps faculty, student startups launch in China

The new connector helps faculty, students, and alumni launch startups in China.

February 14, 2018

A new special subject, 1.S992 (Agricultural Microbial Ecology) from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, took a group of undergraduate students to Israel over MIT’s Independent Activities Period to learn cutting-edge techniques used to study microbial communities.

A microbial approach to agriculture

A new special subject, Agricultural Microbial Ecology, takes students to Israel.

February 14, 2018

Left to right: Senior Lecturer Dawn Wendell and seniors Gabriel Ginorio and Drew Bent launched the x-terms spring pilot.

A hybrid term takes shape

Devised and led by two MIT seniors, the x-terms pilot meshes academics with internships in the greater Boston area.

February 13, 2018

In addition to fieldwork, TREX students explored local landmarks, including the Kilauea Iki Crater.

In fieldwork program, students take the lead

TREX program from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering takes students to Hawaii to conduct environmental research.

February 12, 2018

From left to right: Nora Murphy, archivist for researcher services in the Institute Archives and Special Collections; Craig Steven Wilder, the Barton L. Weller Professor of History in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; Clare Kim, a graduate student in the HASTS program (History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society) who served as teaching assistant for Murphy and Wi...

MIT class reveals, explores Institute’s connections to slavery

Findings show founder William Barton Rogers possessed enslaved persons before coming to MIT; research, community dialogue to ensue.

February 12, 2018

“The danger emerges when distrust undercuts the sources for truth in society,” says Justin Khoo, an assistant professor of philosophy. “You give up on the truth and retreat to subjectivism: ‘All I know is the content of my own mind.’ That’s paving the path to authoritarianism. The point of democracy is to think about issues yourself.”

Applying philosophy for a better democracy

In Justin Khoo’s new class, students explore how language affects censorship, dissent, truth, and propaganda.

February 9, 2018

Professor Alex Slocum (right) works with students Alban Cobi and Steven Link, who are developing an adjustable phantom for radiotherapy validation.

Just what the doctor ordered

Class brings together MIT students and clinicians from local hospitals to design medical devices that address real-world health needs.

February 5, 2018

GSL-Peru students April Baker of MIT Sloan (left) and Dalitso Banda of EECS give a talk.

MISTI Global Startup Labs celebrates 18 years

Over 200 MIT students have mentored peers in creating tech startups across the world.

February 1, 2018

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