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Founding President Barbara Johnston, left, holds the charter certificate for the MIT chapter of the Society of Women Engineers in February 1980. At right is Sheila E. Widnall, who is now an Institute professor.

Women engineer future through SWE

February 16, 2006

Carl Dietrich, 2006 winner of the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, holds a model of the personal air vehicle that he envisions for use in the air and on the road.

Sky's no limit for Lemelson winner

February 15, 2006

This image shows a sample of the data collected by the SeaBed autonomous underwater vehicle as it swam over the Chios shipwreck in July 2005. The 3-D color mesh represents a topographic map of the sea floor, created using data collected by multibeam sonar. The brown strip shows the area captured in digital images, which were used to create the photomosaic of the wreck. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow(...

Deep-sea robot photographs ancient Greek shipwreck

February 2, 2006

MIT graduate student Marisa Jahn designed a pair of vests joined by a bellows-like tube, which creates a sound. The garment will be featured at 'Seamless: Computational Couture,' a Feb. 1 fashion event curated by MIT Media Lab students. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('seam-jahn-2-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Students showcase 'Seamless' pairing of fashion, technology

January 26, 2006

Chart shows technologies that teens predict will be obsolete by 2015.

Survey gauges teens' view of tech future

January 12, 2006

Biomedical Engineering Center Director Elazer Edelman responds to seventh- and eighth-graders' questions about the science and ethics of stem cell research

Middle-schoolers ask tough science questions

December 21, 2005

Forum examines 'Cell Phone Culture'

November 30, 2005

National Academies honors Levenson's film for NOVA

November 30, 2005

Panel explores 'unnatural' Katrina disaster

November 23, 2005

Hockfield talks on responsibility of universities

November 9, 2005

Hockfield to give Miller Lecture

November 2, 2005

Apply now for Siegel Prize; deadline is Nov. 15

October 26, 2005

David Dibner, philanthropist, dies at 78

October 11, 2005

'Genius grants' go to 2 with MIT ties

September 28, 2005

Economist to discuss ending poverty

September 13, 2005

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