Student inventor Alice Chen receives Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
$30,000 prizes awarded to inventive students nationwide; four leading universities celebrate 2011 winners
A look back at Old Ashdown in all its (quirky) glory
Before it was Maseeh Hall, and before it was W1, this historic building was home to generations of graduate students.
CEHS poster session highlights graduate, postdoctoral work
More than 60 posters featured at annual Center for Environmental Health Sciences event.
IAP active bystander workshop taping: a huge success
Sloan fellows and MBAs work together to develop videos to train future student leaders.
MISTI sends more than 50 students abroad over IAP
Take on real-world challenges in places such as Mexico, Germany and France
A decade of OCW benefits: Resources for real world solutions
Megan Brewster used OCW to design a small-scale plastics recycling program in Guatemala.
Team wins protein-folding prize
Earn $5,000 for top finish in the University Protein Folding Challenge
Two MIT teams design winning solutions for New Orleans
DUSP and architecture graduate students claim top prizes in the Chase Community Development Competition.
When gender isn’t written all over one’s face
Neuroscientists find that the same face may look male or female, depending on where it appears in a person’s field of view.
Graduate student Forrest wins Superior Presentation Award at Sigma Xi
Honored for work on fluids with low global warming potential
MIT graduate students give back
Food drive as part of the Sidney-Pacific House Cup nets nearly 1,500 pounds of donations for local food bank.
MIT Sloan student forms LGBT India Foundation
Aims to spark national conversation about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
In the World: Turning waste into profit
Students aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.
EECS PhD candidate honored by Marconi Society
Work on fundamental limits of wideband cooperative localization earns Yuan Shen the Young Scholar award.