Topic
Education, teaching, academics
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Startup aims to democratize synthetic biology
Alumna’s mini-lab kits include all necessary tools and materials for anyone to start engineering microbes.
April 18, 2018 -
Innovation fosters inclusive teaching at MIT
Panelists at MacVicar Day symposium highlight wide-ranging approaches for including, engaging, and supporting all students.
April 2, 2018 -
Reimagining and rethinking engineering education
New MIT report takes a worldwide look at the future of how engineers are trained.
March 27, 2018 -
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 -
MIT graduate engineering, business, science programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2019
Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.
March 20, 2018 -
CLIx project receives UNESCO award
The Connected Learning Initiative offers effective, quality education at scale in India.
March 13, 2018 -
Smart manufacturing program boosts productivity in factories
MIT Smart Manufacturing Leadership Program provides education, hands-on experience to leaders at manufacturing giant.
March 7, 2018 -
MIT and Harvard join forces to address early childhood literacy
Reach Every Reader aims to end early literacy crisis.
March 6, 2018 -
Four professors named 2018 MacVicar Fellows
Autor, Capozzola, Raman, and Smith receive MIT's most prestigious undergraduate teaching award.
March 5, 2018 -
Solve announces next global challenges
March 2, 2018 -
Undergraduate financial aid boosted for 2018-19
Financial aid increase of 9.6 percent to offset 3.9 percent rise in tuition and fees.
February 21, 2018 -
MIT Sandbox’s first acquired startup gives back
Augmented-reality startup Escher Reality, which recently sold to Niantic, gives back to the program that helped it launch.
February 21, 2018 -
Sealing the cracks in public education
MIT senior Yazmin Guzman wants to change the educational landscape to provide opportunities to all K-12 students.
February 14, 2018 -
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 -
Lawrence S. Bacow ’72 named president of Harvard University
“I learned how to be a professor and a university leader at MIT,” says former chancellor and DUSP faculty member.
February 12, 2018 -
Alumni call on MIT to champion artificial intelligence education
Leadership urged to consider societal and ethical questions alongside the technical.
February 9, 2018 -
Work continues toward a more diverse, inclusive MIT
Many of the changes recommended by black students in 2015 have been implemented; departmental discussions are ongoing.
February 7, 2018 -
Lessons in learning
MIT's second annual Festival of Learning engages and inspires.
February 7, 2018 -
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 -
J-PAL North America launches education technology innovation competition
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab initiative aims to help U.S. education leaders identify technology-based solutions to key challenges in education.
January 26, 2018