Mapping the 3-D structure of DNA
PhD student Abe Weintraub helps identify when DNA folding is helpful, and when it might cause cancer.
Sports Shorts for Oct. 26, 2015: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Women’s Tennis takes NEWMAC Championship; No. 23 Women’s Volleyball wins New England Challenge.
Students challenged to drive change with new MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize
J-WAFS receives a gift from Rabobank in support of a new student innovation competition, to be run by the MIT Food and Agriculture Club.
Aditi Verma: A multidisciplinary take on nuclear policy
PhD student is acquiring the science, engineering, and social sciences expertise needed to make sense of complex policy questions surrounding nuclear energy.
Book explores the "Musical Institute of Technology"
Collection of photographs and quotes from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences celebrates music and the MIT mission.
Making banking effective for the poor
In India, PhD student Natalia Rigol aims to tap into community knowledge to vet loan and grant applicants.
Sports Shorts for Oct. 19, 2015: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Men’s/Women’s Cross Country take home Connecticut College Invitational Title; Crew opens season at head of the Charles Regatta.
3Q: Cynthia Barnhart on progress to prevent sexual assault at MIT
A year after the release of a pioneering survey, chancellor discusses steps MIT has taken to date.
Interplanetary architecture
Faculty and students grapple with 3-D printing a habitable structure on Mars.
Cultivating ‘out-of-the box’ thinking in undergraduate education
The Alex and Brit d’Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in Education seeks preliminary proposals to enhance the educational experiences of undergraduates.
High School teams awarded 2015-16 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grants for invention projects
Fourteen student teams nationwide address social and environmental issues through invention.
Sports Shorts for Oct.12, 2015: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Volleyball stays undefeated in NEWMAC play; Women’s Cross Country places 5th at NEICAA Championship.
Senior Kristen Finney and GlobeMed lend a helping hand
MIT students partner with a clinic in Togo to improve health care for HIV/AIDS patients.
SuperUROP undergrad research program goes engineering-wide
Yearlong “Super” Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program expands beyond electrical engineering and computer science.
Communicating engineering research at MERE showcase
Second annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition brings together community and recognizes graduate students.