Entrepreneurial students dive into product design and development
Joint MIT-RISD course yields concepts from iPad-friendly backpacks to waste-free sugar.
Some MIT freshmen get high-level advisors
Top administrators ‘walk the talk’ by advising members of the Class of 2015.
Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale
Competition concludes mechanical design class, unleashing a wide variety of spinning, pumping and striking robots.
Studying school quality, to fight inequality
New MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.
SUTD marks start of its first academic year
Singaporean university, established in consultation with MIT, enrolls 340 students in its inaugural class.
Woodie Flowers, a pioneer of hands-on engineering education
Flowers and his former student, David Wallace, have created a fun, teamwork-based approach to learning the art of mechanical design.
Robinson wins prestigious Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
First-year doctoral student earns DoE honor.
The secrets of the system
MIT’s venerable Beer Game, a table contest, sheds light on the mysteries of manufacturing and the difficulties of running a business.
MIT and Harvard launch a ‘revolution in education’
Online edX courses will open both universities’ classrooms to the world while enhancing on-campus learning.
MIT and Harvard announce edX
Joint partnership builds on MITx and Harvard distance learning; aims to benefit campus-based education and beyond.
What is edX?
Answering common questions about MIT and Harvard’s new partnership in online education.
Five from MIT named Fulbright scholars
Two current students and three recent graduates will study abroad for the 2012-13 academic year.
Game theory, in the real world
MIT economist Parag Pathak engineers practical solutions to complicated education problems.
