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A goal of the MIT 2.001 Guided Discovery Labs is for students to rediscover foundational concepts of mechanics. Instructor Michela Geri (right) guides students Omoruyi Atheka (center) and Aline Vargas as they evaluate how their intuition of torsion measures up to their experimental results.

Guided discovery in teaching structural mechanics

By emphasizing the process of discovery, instructors in course 2.001 (Mechanics and Materials I) provide engineering students a career-building foundation.

July 1, 2020

Lecturer Susan Murcott met many members of her EC.719 / EC.789 (Water, Climate Change, and Health) D-Lab class for the first time at the Boston climate strike on Sept. 20, 2019.

D-Lab moves online, without compromising on impact

With the campus shut down by Covid-19, the spring D-Lab class Water, Climate Change, and Health had to adapt.

July 1, 2020

Students shake hands during the MIT Prison Education Program. A documentary film about the program has won a New England Emmy Award.

MIT prison education program documentary wins New England Emmy Award

Film portrays groundbreaking initiative’s impact on MIT undergraduates and incarcerated students.

June 30, 2020

“Inflatable Archetypes,” a habitable, pavilion-scale transformable inflatable, was developed by rising juniors Seif Eses, Erica C. Liu, Fiona Libby, Leslie Yan, and Natasha Hirt; Clare Liu ’20; and rising senior Jose Martinez for Jeremy Jih’s 4.022 (Design Techniques and Technologies).

Design in a major key

MIT’s design minor and major programs give rise to polymath students with design skills they can apply to any field.

June 23, 2020

More than 80 awardees were recognized for accomplishments in leadership, academics and teaching, public service, community building, diversity and inclusion, athletics, the arts, and service to MIT.

2020 Awards Convocation recognizes and honors MIT community members

Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are recognized for their outstanding contributions to MIT.

June 19, 2020

A decision-making framework outlines steps for students who plan on making for their MIT-sponsored work while off campus during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to being used over the summer from programs like UROP, the framework can be used for maker communities and courses in the fall.

Building a framework for remote making

A decision-making framework and wiki for students developed by MIT Project Manus and MIT Environment, Health and Safety enables safe making from home.

June 17, 2020

Professor James H. Williams, Jr.

3 questions with James H. Williams, Jr., professor of mechanical engineering

Two new textbooks by Williams present engineering mechanics with a blend of the modern and historical.

June 17, 2020

Overhead photo of MIT buildings and campus

Team 2020 charts a course for MIT

Report outlines the thinking behind five proposed options for the 2020-2021 academic year.

June 12, 2020

“Learning is not just about having a professor transfer knowledge but also about the life-long lessons that you pick up from teachers in the process," one nominator wrote in support of Amah Edoh's receipt of the Everett Moore Baker Award.

Assistant Professor Amah Edoh receives Baker Award for undergraduate teaching

Anthropologist honored by MIT students as "a mentor, a role model, and someone who is truly making a difference."

June 3, 2020

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed and spoke at Virtual Solve at MIT.

Solve at MIT builds partnerships to tackle complex challenges during Covid-19 crisis

Event convened attendees from around the world to discuss impacts of the pandemic and advance solutions to pressing global problems.

May 27, 2020

"Climate Science, Risk & Solutions" tells the story of climate change though quizzes, interactive graphics, narration, and videos.

Climate knowledge for everyone

New interactive website leads the public through the knowns (and unknowns) of climate change.

May 12, 2020

“The foundation for teaching ethics at MIT is for students to have a sense of proximity to social and ethical issues,” says Milo Phillips-Brown, a postdoc in philosophy. “The idea of having this class be so student-driven is that this allows them to come to ethics on their own terms; they follow what’s important to them and develop an inner motivation to be involved.”

Infusing ethics into experiential learning

In a new undergraduate course, students explore the ethical dimensions of their experiences.

May 8, 2020

Gabriela Schlau-Cohen will receive an unrestricted research grant of $75,000.

Gabriela Schlau-Cohen wins Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Award recognizes talents and leadership qualities of young faculty in the chemical sciences.

May 1, 2020

MIT Building 68, home of the Department of Biology

Life and learning find a way during a pandemic

Despite Covid-19 physical distancing, the Department of Biology has come together while being apart.

April 30, 2020

Screenshot from MIT Sloan Executive Education's recent Platform Strategy live online program offering

MIT Sloan Executive Education pivots to live online courses

Jumping the digital learning curve is forging a whole new path for participant engagement and program delivery.

April 29, 2020