‘Set your sights on changing the world’
At MIT’s 145th Commencement, Xerox chair Ursula Burns urges graduates to live so that they leave behind more than they take away.
Long live the qubit!
The power of quantum computers depends on keeping them in a fragile quantum-mechanical state — which researchers have found a new way to extend.
Researchers redefine the old ‘scratch test’
The centuries-old test for strength actually determines fracture resistance of materials.
MIT women cyclists win hat trick of events at Collegiate Road Nationals
Combined efforts by men and women net MIT third place overall win in Division II Omnium
Institute teams dominate Clean Energy Prize
Institute ideas win $200K top prize and all five finalist prizes, with variety of energy solutions.
MIT team wins Berkeley-Stanford Green Entrepreneurship Competition
Two MIT Leaders for Global Operations students and their MIT colleagues take home prize after pitching U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
Meet the 2011 Kambourides Fellow
EECS graduate student Yi-Chieh Wu has been awarded the Kambourides Fellowship in Computational Engineering
Out of thick air
MIT graduate student is working to make water available for the world’s poor by refining the tools and techniques of fog harvesting.
Asia Finance Trek a success
Master of Finance student works with an MBA and the CDO on three-city trek.
Engineering, management programs excel in graduate rankings
MIT leads the way in several disciplines in U.S. News and World Report's annual list
Oscillating gels could find many uses
MIT researchers analyze behavior of materials that change by themselves; could lead to practical applications.