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.
How a simple phone call could provide Haitians with work
Media Lab students deploy trial of free phone service in Port-Au-Prince to match Haiti's unemployed with reconstruction jobs.
MIT libraries joins Borrow Direct Library Partnership
New agreement will give the MIT community access to nearly 50 million items from participating Ivy League libraries.
MIT students visit with Rwandan president
Kagame, who delivered the 2008 Compton lecture, discusses water, energy solutions with D-Lab participants.
Survey reveals potential innovation gap in the U.S.: Young women possess characteristics of inventors, but do not see themselves as inventive
2011 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index uncovers inventive perception among young Americans
What's happening with Maseeh Hall
Check out regular updates on the progress to open Maseeh Hall for fall 2011.
lynda.com online training now available to the MIT community at no charge
Other training options for the community include free on-campus courses on MIT business applications and discounted training on software at CompuWorks in Boston.
President Hockfield shares story time with Technology Children’s Center toddlers
Visits with the Institute's youngest learners
Let the celebrations begin
In kickoff to Institute’s sesquicentennial celebration, MIT Museum shows off 150 artifacts from MIT’s rich history.
Coming soon: The MIT Global Challenge
For 10 years, student innovators have helped underserved communities through the IDEAS Competition. Soon, the global MIT community can join the effort.
12 MIT students to participate in this year’s Four Weeks for America Challenge
Working with Teach For America mentors, MIT students will be helping high school students develop solid math and science skills.