Education, teaching, academics

J. Meejin Yoon receives 2016 ACADIA Teaching Award of Excellence

Award recognizes Yoon's academic leadership and professional practice.

May 5, 2016

Nadia Lucas visits Tiananmen Square during record-low temperatures in China.

Victor and William Fung Foundation donates $1 million for global education programs

Five-year funding will expand opportunities for MIT undergraduates.

May 4, 2016

JJ Jackson joins MIT as diversity and inclusion officer

New position created to implement ideas from campus community in concert with Academic Council.

May 4, 2016

A committee of MIT faculty and staff, along with representatives from the new Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning, selected three proposals to fund.

Grant funds innovation in teacher education

New program provides funding for three projects working to improve STEM education.

May 3, 2016

(Left to right): Abubakar Abid, Jelani Cobb, Sasha Costanza-Chock, and Tanalis Padilla. “Participation in social movements has a profound impact on us as people,” Costanza-Chock said.

All-MIT Diversity Forum highlights progress, challenges for campus community

Conference underscores collaboration by students, administration.

May 3, 2016

"The whole premise of our project is to harness the best science and innovation to bring education to the world’s most underresourced children," Cynthia Breazeal says. Pictured are students in Ethiopia.

Can technology help teach literacy in poor communities?

Project to provide children with tablets loaded with literacy apps reports encouraging results in Africa, U.S.

April 26, 2016

Public art/public sphere class visits the Glass House in São Paulo, designed by Lina Bo Bardi.

Finding inspiration for architecture and urban planning in Latin America and Spain

Site visits by grad students in the School of Architecture and Planning sharpen proposals in art, architecture, and urbanism studios.

April 22, 2016

Anne McCants is a professor of history and Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow; housemaster for Burton-Conner; director of the Concourse Program, a freshman learning community dedicated to exploring fundamental questions that lie at the intersection of science, social science, and humanistic inquiry; and vice-president (soon to be president) of the International Economic History Association.

How history can help us solve global economic issues

MIT economic historian Anne McCants discusses the connection between innovation and opportunity.

April 22, 2016

Katharina Ribbeck (left) and Jesse Thaler

Biobarrier explorer and dark matter theorist win MIT’s prestigious junior faculty award

Katharina Ribbeck and Jesse Thaler named recipients of the Harold E. Edgerton Award.

April 20, 2016

Book celebrates MIT urban planning projects that solve real-world problems

"Planning Practice" documents a decade of workshops and studios in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

April 12, 2016

Examining accountability through the lens of local politics

PhD student Justin de Benedictis-Kessner helps explain political behavior at the federal level.

April 8, 2016

Letter to Congress outlines role of MIT endowment

MIT President L. Rafael Reif responds to Congressional request for information.

April 4, 2016

In 15 years, over 200 million people around the world have used MIT OpenCourseWare.

MIT OpenCourseWare celebrates 15 years of open sharing

Milestone reached as a pioneer in the open educational resources movement.

April 4, 2016

MacVicar Day panelists: (l-r) Janet Rankin, Martin Culpepper, Robert Miller, Catherine Drennan, David Darmofal, and Michael Cuthbert.

Evidence-based teaching is alive and well at MIT

MacVicar Day symposium features a sampling of innovative pedagogical practices and lessons learned.

April 1, 2016

MIT releases Online Education Policy Initiative report

New report draws on diverse fields to reflect on digital learning.