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“We’re in the midst of a global transformation that’s catalyzed by the rapid acceleration of digital technologies, including unprecedented access to computation and data,” said Farnam Jahanian, president of Carnegie Mellon University, in a keynote address during the three-day celebration for the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.

The future of education in a world of pervasive computing

Conference celebrating new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing explores the changing face of higher ed.

February 28, 2019

MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart and Dean of Engineering Anantha Chandrakasan visited with MIT students in the Ray and Maria Stata Center yesterday during the Computing Exposition that kicked off a three-day celebration of the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.

Taking the lead in shaping the future of computing and artificial intelligence

Popular expo highlights student creativity and ambition as celebration of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing gets underway.

February 27, 2019

Sang-won Leigh PhD '18, left, works with second-year student Ethan Nevidomsky, an electrical engineering and computer science major, on ArtMatr’s oil-based printing system during the Computing Connections Challenges.

Student challenges kick off celebration of MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

“We see an incredible future where the College of Computing channels the collaborative potential of disciplines,” says grad student Matthew Claudel.

February 25, 2019

Umbulizer founders Shaheer Piracha and Harvard Medical School student Sanchay Gupta (holding the check, from l-r) pose with the judges after winning the Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize competition. Umbulizer’s other founders not pictured include MIT alumni Moiz Imam ’18 and Abdurrahman Akkas ’18, MIT mechanical engineering student Wasay Anwer, Boston University student Rohan Jadeja, and F...

Low-cost ventilator wins Sloan health care prize

Device was one of eight inventions pitched at this year’s MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize competition.

February 25, 2019

Attendees of the 2018 Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering Workshop

Helping women in chemical engineering navigate academic careers

Inaugural Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering workshop seeks to increase the number of women who pursue faculty positions.

February 22, 2019

Keynote speaker Po-Shen Loh is a Carnegie Mellon University associate professor, founder of online education platform Expii, and coach of the U.S. International Math Olympiad Team.

Festival of Learning highlights innovation

Digital technologies, such as virtual reality, drive better outcomes for MIT students and global learners.

February 19, 2019

The Sidney-Pacific Executive Council and brunch chairs welcome President Reif and Dean Staton in the Sidney-Pacific lobby.

Serving up brunch for the MIT graduate community

President L. Rafael Reif and Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education Blanche Staton help Sidney-Pacific students cook and serve Sunday brunch.

February 19, 2019

Rahsaan Hall, director of racial justice at the Massachusetts ACLU, delivered the keynote address at the annual MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon.

MLK Luncheon: America’s bank of justice is overdrawn but not bankrupt

Rahsaan Hall of the ACLU’s Massachusetts branch delivers keynote at annual MIT event.

February 15, 2019

MIT graduate students Atmaja Sinha and Rakesh Thykandi speak with executives from trucking companies about their work to reduce transportation costs for consumer good companies during the MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network Research Expo 2019.

Strategic thinking on a global scale

Graduate students from around the world showcase research projects at MIT.

February 11, 2019

About 130 undergraduates discussed the progress of their yearlong research projects at during the SuperUROP Showcase poster session.

SuperUROP: Showcasing students' research work in progress

Undergraduate researchers discussed their projects at a well-attended poster session.

January 31, 2019

Dennis Whyte, director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

MIT continues progress toward practical fusion energy

In series of talks, researchers describe major effort to address climate change through carbon-free power.

January 24, 2019

Professor Antonio Torralba, MIT director of the MIT—IBM Watson AI Lab and the inaugural director of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, addresses the audience at the MIT AI Policy Congress on Jan. 15.

AI, the law, and our future

MIT “Policy Congress” examines the complex terrain of artificial intelligence regulation.

January 18, 2019

MIT student Ben Bloomberg stands behind the soundboard at a Jacob Collier concert, December 2018.

Sound and technology unlock innovation at MIT

Cross-disciplinary projects at MIT probe the technological and aesthetic limits of sound.

December 26, 2018

East Campus students try on firefighter gear, while Cambridge Fire Department members explain the gear’s purpose.

Hot stuff: East Campus Fire Safety Day

At a hands-on event, East Campus dorm students learned about fire safety from members of the Cambridge Fire Department and staff from several MIT departments.

December 18, 2018

Yoel Fink, CEO of AFFOA, holds up a fabric with optical communications capabilities during a presentation on what he calls “fabrics as a service” at the annual MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) Research and Development Conference on Nov. 15.

Opportunities for materials innovation abound

Faculty researchers share insights into new capabilities at the annual Industrial Liaison Program Research and Development Conference.

December 14, 2018

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