Students

Winners of the 2011 Blue Lobster Bowl: Lexington High Team A

Lexington High team wins 14th annual Blue Lobster Bowl

Advance to National Ocean Sciences Bowl to compete against 24 other regional winners.

February 14, 2011

MLK Leadership Awards honor three individuals, one program

Recognize service that reflects the civil rights leader’s ideals

February 11, 2011

Before a match, Caroline joins the team lineup including Leslie Hansen(left), Anastasia Vishnevetsky, and Yi Wang.

Cheering for Chickaroo

Women’s tennis team befriends girl battling brain tumor.

February 11, 2011

Chris Boyce wins Gates scholarship

MIT senior co-founded company focused on creating stretchable, bendable electronics and solar panels.

February 10, 2011

Exhibit has been used by data.gov to help demonstrate new ways of visualizing government data.

Data visualization tool developed at MIT gets Library of Congress support

MIT Libraries receives grant for work on 'Exhibit 3.0' software

February 9, 2011

In 2.70, the precursor to 2.007, the competition was to build a mechanical device, out of a set of relatively simple wooden and metal parts, that would roll down a ramp at a precisely controlled rate.

Going head to head

Mechanical-engineering competition set the stage for a variety of competitive classes and events at MIT and elsewhere.

February 9, 2011

GECD establishes exchange with Sciences Po in Paris

February 8, 2011

Eight MIT biological engineering graduate students volunteered for a three-hour shift on the evening of Jan. 20. They glued the amino acid side chain structures together for the LEGO protein kits.

Building blocks

MIT groups lending a hand by assembling LEGO biology kits for local schools.

February 8, 2011

The What, Who, and How of DUE: The Office of Faculty Support (OFS)

February 7, 2011

Staff in MIT Medical's Community Care Center discuss patient care. Left to right: nurse care managers Kim Carroll, Cathy Dwyer, Eleanor Woodard and Marie Avelino.

Nurse care managers reach out to MIT Medical patients

February 7, 2011

Harvard and MIT libraries explore far-reaching alliance

New agreement reflects physical proximity, cross-registration, joint programs and research affinities.

February 4, 2011

Robert Taylor, MIT’s first African-American graduate

A foundation for building

How MIT’s first African-American graduate, Robert Taylor, became a prominent architect and brought the MIT philosophy across regional and racial barriers.

February 2, 2011

Cecilia Louis's research on flow patterns in artificial arteries is taking place at Institut Quimic de Sarria.

MISTI sends more than 50 students abroad over IAP

Take on real-world challenges in places such as Mexico, Germany and France

January 27, 2011

William Aulet, senior lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management

Video: Innovation’s impact on economic growth

Newest segment from the MIT150's 'Elemental MIT' series focuses on topics highlighted in Tuesday's State of the Union address.

January 26, 2011

A life filled with firsts

Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT’s first female graduate and faculty member, opened the door for women in science, and founded ecology and home economics along the way.