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MIT Women’s Chorale celebrates 80th anniversaryA free concert marking the anniversary to be held in Cambridge.

Sports Shorts for May 6: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsZhang named NEWMAC Athlete of the Year in tennis; Perez, Cornwell named to Capital One Academic All-District Team for baseball

'From Obsolescence to Sustainability'Exhibit on 'A Century of Architectural Change' runs through August 16 at the Wolk Gallery

Lawrence Bacow speaks on challenges facing higher educationFormer MIT chancellor examines rising costs, digital learning in Charles L. Miller Lecture

MIT Steel Bridge team wins first place in regional contestThough delayed by the Boston-area lockdown, the competition was held at MIT on April 20

An MIT physics MOOC five years in the makingMaterials for the new MITx summer course Mechanics ReView have been refined during a half-decade of development

The case for optimism about a renewable energy futureResearcher Eric Martinot presents findings of two-year project at campus event

Cheaters lessen colony survival under stress in yeast experimentMIT researchers find that high ratio of freeloaders makes it more likely colony will die from sudden shock to environment.

Mission Southwest: Mines, water and rocksUndergrads in Terrascope Mission 2016 course visit mines and water facilities in the American Southwest.

Inventors honored for bringing life-saving health solutions to the developing worldRebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden win $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation.

MIT Entrepreneur in Residence Network expandsProgram provides resources and features advice from successful serial entrepreneurs

NSE-led teams sweep energy innovation contestFuture Energy @ MIT pitch competition focuses on finding solutions to the world’s energy challenges

IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: BluelightThe team is developing a layaway payment system in Jordan to provide low-income consumers with greater access to capital.

6.003z signals a new open education ecosystemMITx student used OCW to create his own massive open online course.

Sports Shorts for April 29: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsMen’s and women’s track and field, men's tennis all capture NEWMAC titles; Hohenberger and Chang named All-Americans in volleyball

Stephanie Frampton awarded the Rome PrizeWill research history and cultural significance of the alphabetic writing of ancient Rome.

MIT students win twice in White House competitionContest focused on energy efficiency in buildings

Simchi-Levi honored by Production and Operations Management SocietyPublication cites CEE professor's contributions to theoretical and practical aspects of supply-chain management