In science and engineering program, lessons about life
SEED Academy’s Life Mastery course at MIT helps local high school students develop critical skills.
Bridging the gap
MIT Class of 2018 president Colin Webb brings the MIT community together through collaboration and conversation.
Can an LED-filled “robot garden” make coding more accessible?
CSAIL’s 100-plus blooming, crawling, swimming bots teach basic programming concepts.
Freshman "chemistry clicker" champions named
Interactive clicker competitions pit student recitation teams against one another, turning learning into a semester-long game.
Making more than pretty pictures
Felice Frankel uses strong visual vocabulary to eliminate ambiguity and sell ideas.
Replicating a simple but elegant experiment
MIT Lincoln Laboratory's installation of a pendulum re-creates Foucault's seminal demonstration of Earth's rotation.
Lincoln Laboratory hosts first "Make Your Own Wearables" workshop for high-school girls
Hands-on projects in wearable technology introduce girls to mechanical design and electrical engineering.
Summer Scholars make an impact
Morgan Beck and Sarah Arveson contribute as interns to research in the Tisdale Lab.
Drones, Bitcoin, and robotic fish
Here are eight of the coolest things that happened at CSAIL in 2014.
AeroAstro students organizing Global Space Balloon Challenge
Hundreds of teams worldwide are expected to launch high-altitude balloons in April 2015.
CSAIL opens lab to 150 local students for Hour of Code
Robots, virtual visit from will.i.am aim to get kids excited about programming.
Prime-time chain reaction
With a theme of prime numbers, this year's Friday After Thanksgiving (F.A.T.) Chain Reaction was one of the most creative ever.
MIT takes new approach with STEM concept videos
Real-life examples are relevant to MIT students and students around the world.
MIT Museum to host 17th annual Friday After Thanksgiving (F.A.T.) Chain Reaction
Kinetic artists will guide this year's participants in a "Prime Number Challenge" to create an enormous Rube Goldberg machine at MIT.