Education, teaching, academics

MIT Sloan launches new Executive MBA Program for high-potential leaders

Application deadline for first cohort is Aug. 15, 2010

June 1, 2010

National Academy of Engineering President and MIT President Emeritus Charles Vest discusses the global distribution of R&D spending during his keynote presentation at the LINC 2010 Conference.

LINC 2010 engages and inspires

Conference focuses on the present and future of technology-enabled learning worldwide

May 28, 2010

Construction of the outdoor kitchen and dining pavilion took place in January with community members and students from the Design for a Sustainable Future Architecture class.

Building a brighter future in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Students in Civil Engineering and Architecture design new classroom structures for the Jay Pritzker Academy in Siem Reap.

May 25, 2010

MIT awarded 3 HHMI grants to promote excellence in science education

Drennan, Walker named HHMI Professors

May 20, 2010

Ronald L. Rivest, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), is MIT’s James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award winner for 2010-2011.

Rivest wins faculty’s Killian Award

MIT encryption pioneer recognized for ‘extraordinary’ contributions in computer science

May 19, 2010

Sponsored by LINC, the BLOSSOMS (Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies) initiative aims to develop a large, free repository of video modules created by teachers from around the world. Shown here are students at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Pakistan participating in a BLOSSOMS interactive learning video lesson taught by Professor Richard Larson.

LINC unites educators from around the world

Fifth conference being held May 23-26

May 19, 2010

Gordon-MIT ELP staff pose with the 12 graduating GELs (Gordon Engineering Leaders) following the Certificate of Completion ceremony on Friday, May 7.

Meet tomorrow’s engineering leaders

Gordon Engineering Leadership Program graduates its first class

May 17, 2010

Tackling cancer on a new front

New program at MIT’s Koch Institute targets the growing cancer problem in India.

May 7, 2010

The 2010 Xerox-MIT Fellows are, left to right: Rhonda Jordan, Greg Little, Amy Mueller, Melissa Smith, and Biliana Kaneva.

Xerox Day celebrates fellowship recipients

Celebrating this year's Xerox-MIT fellowship recipients

May 6, 2010

2009 Martore Award winner Don Rosenfield, center, with ESD Director Yossi Sheffi, left, and Joe Martore, right.

Rosenfield honored with Joseph A. Martore Excellence in Teaching Award

May 6, 2010

Graduate student Ted Golfinopoulos gave an animated tour of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, assigning middle school students the roles of deuterium, tritium and magnetic fields to help them understand the fusion process.

Middle School Outreach Day at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center turns 21

Schools return yearly for hands-on opportunities

May 4, 2010

ACT grad student Gina Badger's "Rates of Accumulation" (drawing produced in collaboration with Sarah Dobbins)

Merging arts: ACT program inaugurated

Day-long celebrations looks back at CAVS, Visual Arts and toward the future

April 29, 2010

Mitchel Resnick, director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Media Laboratory.

3 Questions: Mitchel Resnick

Creator of the popular Scratch programming language discusses Apple’s decision to disallow Scratch viewer for iPhones and iPads.

April 28, 2010

Kuna woman on the the San Blas Islands, Panama

Anthropology graduate students assist with United Nations human rights review

April 27, 2010

Gustavo Dudamel, John Harbison and Tod Machover on music education

Presented by the Council for the Arts — Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT