Top tweets of 2015
Best posts of the year on @MIT highlight our new humanoid robot, MIT women in engineering, an optics lesson for #TheDress, and more.
New insights on political participation in Sub-Sahara Africa
PhD student Leah Rosenzweig's electoral insights shed light on reasons for citizen participation in authoritarian and transitional countries in Sub-Sahara Africa.
MIT brings a touch of trash to fashion
Student-run Trashion Show, returning for its fifth year, aims to foster awareness of sustainable materials.
Stimulus plan?
Interest is growing in brain stimulation devices — and regulating them may prove tricky.
Inspiring the next generation of nuclear engineers
Nuclear science and engineering community leads “Science on Saturday” outreach at MIT.
Senior Camilo Ruiz engineers solutions
Biological engineering major pursues collaborations that have broad impact for society.
Building analytical tools to improve understanding of China's political economy
PhD student Yiqing Xu applies new methodology for better insight into the Chinese political economy.
A mechanical engineering rite of passage at MIT
Since the 1970s, Department of Mechanical Engineering course 2.007 has introduced undergraduate students to hands-on designing and building.
Sports Shorts for Dec.14, 2015: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Men’s and Women’s Basketball cap off undefeated weeks; Men’s Swimming and Diving sweeps NEWMAC weekly awards
Fernanda Sánchez Attolini wins inaugural real estate scholarship
Graduate student awarded first Scholarship for Real Estate Excellence from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and the MIT Center for Real Estate
Sharing climate research and strategies in Paris
MIT events throughout climate talks underscore Institute’s global perspectives and partnerships.
Reducing waste and inefficiency, while increasing access and profits, propels MIT Energy Hackathon
Eight real-world industry challenges fuel teams’ competitive spirit and impressive results.
Riding an electronic wave
Graduate student Fahad Mahmood and colleagues show presence of charge-density waves in superconductive material.