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Makers and innovators collaborate at the August 2016 MIT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Applications are now invited for the MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in Brisbane, Australia, March 26-31, 2017.

Entrepreneurship Down Under

Australia will host the next MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp.

November 14, 2016

The team behind DesignX, a new design entrepreneurship accelerator from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning: (left to right) Gilad Rosenzweig, executive director for DesignX; Dennis Frenchman, the Class of 1922 Professor of Urban Design and Planning and faculty director of the program; Andrea Chegut, research scientist in the MIT Center for Real Estate and director of the MIT Real Estate I...

Entrepreneurship by design

New DesignX accelerator speeds innovation at the School of Architecture and Planning.

October 17, 2016

Online learners that obtain the MITx MicroMasters credential in supply chain management now have a faster path to a master’s degree at MIT and also at Curtin University and the University of Queensland.

Thirteen universities adopt MicroMasters and launch 18 new programs via edX

MITx expands reach of MicroMasters in supply chain management with new paths to a master’s degree.

September 20, 2016

In an MITx Philosophy MOOC, online learners can have their work graded and commented upon by professional philosophers.

Popular MITx philosophy MOOC introduces instructor grading

August 15, 2016

Students from MIT and Hong Kong attended the MIT Kickstart Showcase.

Building out a global classroom

Students from MIT and Hong Kong collaborate to bring their entrepreneurial ideas to fruition during MIT Kickstart.

August 9, 2016

MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering graduate student Peter Su shows Summer Scholar Ashley Del Valle Morales how to operate a laser and detector system she will use during her summer project under Senior Research Scientist Anuradha Agarwal.

Chemical sensing at telecom wavelengths

Summer Scholar Ashley Del Valle Morales probes new a silicon carbide system in the MIT Microphotonics Center.

August 8, 2016

A new course from MIT Professional Education aims to help professionals translate immense amounts of raw data into actionable insights.

New online course addresses data science challenges

“Data Science: Data to Insights” from IDSS and MIT Professional Education begins Oct. 4.

August 4, 2016

Erica Eggleton is working this summer in the lab of MIT Professor Krystyn Van Vliet on lithium manganese oxide (LMO) electrodes for lithium ion batteries. Here, she measures out carbon powder, a binder, and LMO, the active powder used in the battery electrodes.

Analyzing lithium ion battery fatigue

Summer Scholar Erica Eggleton joins Van Vliet Lab to make and test lithium manganese oxide electrodes.

August 2, 2016

In 2012, a team of students in MIT’s well-known product-design class, Course 2.009, invented a hand truck with fold-out treads and a braking system that made hauling kegs downstairs safer and easier. Now that hand truck, called the Glyde, is being used by hundreds of people worldwide.

Gliding from classroom to market

Treaded hand truck created as class project is now making downstairs deliveries safer.

July 28, 2016

Nicholas Okafor, head online facilitator for the MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community (MOSTEC) program, records a video in advance of students' arrival at MIT this month.

Scene at MIT: Encouraging future scientists and engineers

July 27, 2016

A five-day MIT Professional Education course — Agriculture, Innovation, and the Environment — showcased new technologies and strategies for making the agriculture industry more productive.

Growing season

New professional education program on agriculture, innovation, and the environment attracts global agricultural leaders to MIT.

July 19, 2016

“Beijing Studio” celebrates 30 years

MIT–Tsinghua collaboration grapples with urban issues in China.

July 14, 2016

This image shows microneedles, which are mostly used for the delivery of drugs and vaccines across the skin, and the silicone mold used to make them.

Seeing science

Workshop led by scientist and photographer Felice Frankel teaches researchers how to translate experiments into captivating images.

July 1, 2016

Professor John Ochsendorf advises on structural design and mechanics.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offering new minors, subjects this fall

CEE creates three new undergraduate minors, adds new subjects to extend choice and opportunity.

June 17, 2016

"We got to learn how to use saws, a drill press, and other machines," says Kathryn Hendrickson, rising senior and computer science major (at left with Theodore Mouratidis and Lauren Huang). "It was cool to make something physical, where I'm used to just code. Building a printing press is awesome."

Mens et manus in the MIT History workshop

Students gain insights into early book-making technology and cultural systems by creating paper and a handset printing press from scratch.

June 10, 2016

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