Collaboration

MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator announces 2013 student teamsStartup accelerator includes eight MIT student teams as well as teams from six international universities.

MIT signs Compact for Sustainable Future with City of Cambridge and HarvardAkamai to join universities and city in new agreement; others encouraged to follow suit.

Micah Altman wins Pizzigati PrizeMIT Libraries’ research director recognized for his work with DistrictBuilder software

MIT and Haiti sign agreement to promote Kreyòl-language STEM educationInitiative designed to help Haitians gain technical education.

City of Cambridge approves MIT’s zoning petitionKendall Square to be invigorated; approval gained through collaborative approach

Stanford University to collaborate with edX on development of non-profit open-source edX platformedX Learning Platform to be open source and available on June 1

Higher-ed leaders meet to discuss future of online educationInnovative pedagogical techniques and the effects of online-learning tools on on-campus education subjects of conversation at MIT- and Harvard-led summit.

Students examine Russian networks in actionMIT-Russia program sends 12 students to Moscow as part of “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Networks” IAP course

MIT hosts American Junior Academy of Science delegatesThe Institution provides day’s worth of activities for more than 200 conference attendees.

Six new institutions join edXConsortium doubles its institutional membership with the addition of universities in Australia, Europe, Canada and the United States.

Chinese students set their sights on an MIT futureMiddle and high school students from Beijing engaged in project-based hands-on science and engineering lessons at the Edgerton Center.

Students witness science policy in actionMIT students participate in the final mercury talks resulting in an international treaty.

CEE students build model Guastavino vault for exhibitThe students' vaulted ceiling replica is part of a touring exhibit now at the Boston Public Library.

CME student wins design prize at Cambridge UniversityFareeha Safir discusses her award-winning microfluidics device and Cambridge-MIT Exchange program experience.

Research update: Multiple steps toward the ‘quantum singularity’Over three days in December, four research groups announced progress on a quantum-computing proposal made two years ago by MIT researchers.

Students develop assistive technologiesUndergraduate teams create helpful phone apps and devices for people with disabilities.

Life in BASICNick Montfort and colleagues examine cultural significance of computer code in new book.

Improving the accuracy of cancer diagnosesNew spectroscopy technique could help doctors better identify breast tumors.

Skoltech, MIT reflect on first year of collaborationAnniversary event celebrates international ties.

Inspiring the next generationTelling Your Story workshop connects scientist and engineers with teachers and in the process helps to demystify STEM and excite the next generation of learners.

A flow of creativityMIT’s Gediminas Urbonas emerged from the old Soviet Union to produce new art in Cambridge.

School within a school: MIT ConcourseA learning community in which MIT freshmen explore the sciences, humanities and social sciences in a small, close-knit community (with a kitchen!)

Martin Schmidt to oversee MIT’s industry-facing officesAssociate provost will oversee Technology Licensing Office and Office of Corporate Relations; retains duties around space planning.

All that is solid melts into air: Tomás Saraceno visits MITCAST visiting artist creates inflatable and airborne biospheres: speculative models for alternate ways of living.