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Carolina Ortega, a third-year mathematics student at MIT, talks with students as part of a MISTI-Africa program to connect MIT mathletes with their Ghanaian counterparts.

It all adds up

MIT students train teams in Ghana and Uganda for the International Mathematical Olympiad through MISTI-Africa.

February 26, 2020

A PhD student in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Natalie Lao has co-founded startups aimed at democratizing artificial intelligence and using AI to protect democracy by fighting false and misleading information.

Demystifying artificial intelligence

Doctoral candidate Natalie Lao wants to show that anyone can learn to use AI to make a better world.

January 29, 2020

MIT researchers piloted a new curriculum to teach middle school students about ethics and artificial intelligence at the second annual Mass STEM Week, a statewide event to encourage more young people to explore science, technology, engineering, and math studies and careers.

Bringing artificial intelligence and MIT to middle school classrooms

MIT researchers and collaborators have developed an open-source curriculum to teach young students about ethics and artificial intelligence.

December 30, 2019

Middle school and high school girls meet in MIT's Building 31 to showcase the capabilities of the autonomous cars their teams programmed to navigate a circuitous course.

Boston-area girls discover a passion for coding

Weekend robotics workshops help middle and high school girls dispel “computing phobia.”

December 13, 2019

Organizers of the inaugural MIT Science Bowl Invitational held Nov. 16

Pop-up pop quiz bowl

More than 100 high school students compete at the inaugural MIT Science Bowl Invitational, hosted by students and sponsored by the School of Science.

November 22, 2019

MIT SEII and MITili Co-Director Parag Pathak (center) speaks with unified enrollment experts Gabriela Fighetti of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Catherine Peretti of Washington, D.C.

New MIT fellowship program aims to improve student access to quality schools

Program to provide leaders of America’s largest school districts, state agencies, and education nonprofits with tools to improve school performance and enrollment.

November 21, 2019

NEXUS program participants pose with the MIT seal in Lobby 7. The NEXUS program provides college-bound students with the tools needed to thrive on campus, focusing on academic and career development, and offers opportunities to build confidence and self-sufficiency away from home.

High school students learn about commercial real estate through the Center for Real Estate

Residential course provides immersive experience for 28 juniors and seniors from around the United States.

November 19, 2019

The TalkingPoints multilingual family engagement platform allows educators to communicate directly with English and non-English speaking parents through two-way messaging. J-PAL North America, TalkingPoints, and the BIP Lab are partnering to rigorously evaluate whether the innovative intervention increases parental engagement and children’s executive function.

New research partnership evaluates innovation in family engagement

Randomized evaluation of the TalkingPoints multilingual family engagement platform will assess the intervention's impact on student achievement.

November 19, 2019

Jaleesa Trapp shakes things up in the classroom and in computing

The PhD student and former high school teacher aims to study the ways young people of color interact with technology.

November 14, 2019

3 Questions: When the student becomes the teacher

Grad student Brandon Leshchinskiy created EarthDNA Ambassadors, an outreach program “for the Earth, for future generations.”

November 5, 2019

Drawn to open-ended problems

Whether racing cross country or teaching coding in rural schools, senior Billy Woltz relishes experimentation and creative thinking.

November 1, 2019

Fourteen high school teams across the United States were awarded 2019-20 InvenTeam grants for invention projects.

High school teams receive 2019-20 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grant for invention projects

Fourteen student teams nationwide awarded up to $10,000 in grants to address local and global problems.

October 29, 2019

Winners of the 11th Math Prize for Girls, including first-prize winner 8th grader Jessica Wan, stand with Arun Algappan, founder of Advantage Testing (far left) and MIT Professor Gigliola Staffilani (far right)

At MIT, 268 take part in world's largest math competition for girls

Now in its 11th year, the Math Prize for Girls has been hosted by MIT nine times.

October 21, 2019

MIT senior Bahrudin Trbalic was involved in STEAM camps held in Hong Kong and Suzhou, China, where he shared his passion for physics and engineering with young learners.

Bringing physics and engineering to life for pK-12 students

MIT students inspire young learners with STEAM camps in Hong Kong, Suzhou, and Athens.

October 16, 2019

Susan Rosevear (center), education officer for MIT Materials Research Laboratory’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, instructs students from the Putnam Avenue Upper School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, how to build a simple direct current (DC) motor.

Cambridge middle school students explore materials science at MIT

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center welcomed area students for lessons in glassblowing, making motors, and making ice cream.

October 11, 2019

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