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First row, left to right: Suvrit Sra, Frances Ross, Pulkit Agrawal, Kevin O’Brien, Richard Linares, and Cathy Wu. Second row, left to right: Negar Reiskarimian, Jacob Andreas, Giovanni Traverso, Manya Ghobadi, and Ashwin Gopinath.

School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

Eleven new professors join the MIT community.

January 9, 2019

Scratch 3.0 features new extensions, tablet and touchscreen capabilities, and improved tools for collaboration.

Introducing Scratch 3.0

The new version of the popular free coding platform builds on a robust community of kid coders.

January 8, 2019

The Metropolitan Storage Warehouse is the future home of the School of Architecture and Planning, as well as a campus-wide makerspace run by Project Manus.

Met Warehouse renovation planning takes an exciting next step

Community-driven selection of project architect opens opportunities to imagine new life for historic building as future home for School of Architecture and Planning.

December 14, 2018

Students presented their findings at a science fair held during the spring 2018 Designing the First-Year Experience course.

Creating a more flexible first-year experience at MIT

A Class of 2022 experiment aims to enhance opportunities for students to explore majors, minors, and other interests.

December 12, 2018

"MIT is a remarkable, one-of-a-kind place for experiential learning,” says Kate Trimble.

3 Questions: Kate Trimble on experiential learning at MIT

New senior associate dean and OEL director says opportunities for experiential learning are abundant at the Institute.

December 3, 2018

Joshua Angrist, co-director of the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative and the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, speaks at this year's MIT School Access and Quality Summit.

Exploring school choice

MIT School Access and Quality Summit brings policymakers, educators, and researchers together to examine strategies and ways to measure effectiveness.

November 20, 2018

MIT senior Sarah Tress

Sarah Tress wins 2019 Rhodes Scholarship

Mechanical engineering major is among 32 winners nationwide.

November 17, 2018

Thirty-four of the highest-achieving women graduate students and post-docs in mechanical engineering recently participated in the first-ever Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop hosted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Giving early-career women in mechanical engineering the tools to succeed in academia

The Department of Mechanical Engineering hosts its first-ever Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop.

November 2, 2018

Youssef Marzouk (left) and Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou assume new roles at the Center for Computational Engineering at “an exciting time for computation at MIT,” says School of Engineering Dean Anantha Chandrakasan.

Youssef Marzouk and Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou to direct the Center for Computational Engineering

New leadership team named for the Institute's interdisciplinary hub for advanced thinking in the science and engineering of computation.

October 31, 2018

The first MPP2030 conference was held in Lisbon earlier this month.

MIT Portugal collaboration enters new phase

MPP2030 is focused on education, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

October 26, 2018

David Niño's popular online course, “Leadership and Innovation for Technology Professionals,” is the first of many that will be offered in Spanish.

MIT Professional Education launches its first online course in Spanish

Launch of leadership and innovation course marks the first of what will be many MITPE online courses available in fully-translated form.

October 11, 2018

Young learners at the Chinese International School build their own project with guidance from rising MIT junior Rana Odabas.

MIT STEAM Camp in Hong Kong blends mind and hand for middle school students

MIT's pK-12 Action Group collaborates with the Chinese International School to bring faculty, staff, and students together for hands-on learning.

October 3, 2018

MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart speaks to the audience of finalists and the broader Solve community at the Solve Challenge Finals.

MIT Solve selects new class of innovators for 2018

At the Solve Challenge Finals, judges selected 33 tech entrepreneurs who will receive the support necessary to scale their solutions.

September 28, 2018

“Resonant Games” is being published by the MIT Press. The authors (top left, clockwise): Jason Haas, Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, and Louisa Rosenbeck

What makes an educational video game work well?

MIT designers explain their philosophy in a new book, “Resonant Games.”

September 20, 2018

Anant Agarwal is the CEO of edX, an online learning destination founded by MIT and Harvard. He has served as the director of CSAIL, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT.

Anant Agarwal, MIT professor and edX CEO, wins Yidan Prize

Agarwal is recognized for making education more accessible to people around the world, via edX open-source online platform.

September 18, 2018