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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

MIT President L. Rafael Reif speaks to the newly arrived MicroMasters students.

First students arrive on campus to pursue “hybrid” masters degrees

After earning the rigorous online MicroMasters credential in supply chain management, SCMb students dive into a busy semester.

January 30, 2018

Ted Ligety wearing the helmet and goggle collection that Shred will be debuting at the Olympics. MIT students and faculty helped enhance the lens technology used in the lenses of these goggles.

Going for the gold

MIT students work to improve ski goggles to mitigate the hazards of “flat light.”

January 29, 2018

SuperUROP scholars, including EECS senior Emily Damato, discussed their research projects during an intensive Proposal Pitch session near the end of fall term.

Coding, thinking, sharing, building

More than 130 MIT juniors and seniors dig deeply into research in the Advanced Undergraduate Research Program (SuperUROP).

January 26, 2018

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