Contests and academic competitions
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
May 17, 2012
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale
May 11, 2012
Competition concludes mechanical design class, unleashing a wide variety of spinning, pumping and striking robots.
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Mechanical engineering, Robots, Student life, Students
Innovative IDEAS
May 4, 2012
13 winning teams present projects at annual awards celebration.
IDEAS Global Challenge coordinator discusses intersection of innovation and public service
April 20, 2012
Facilitated by Kate Mytty, competition will award up to $10,000 per team next month.
Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, IDEAS competition, Student life, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service, D-Lab
Chancellor concludes review of 2011 Clean Energy Prize
April 12, 2012
Finds rules were not broken, but competition needs improvements, including better guidelines on public presentations
Also labeled: Chancellor, Department of Energy (DoE), Entrepreneurship, MIT Administration, Students
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: True Africa
April 9, 2012
Improving access to local businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: wecyclers
March 27, 2012
Incentivizing recycling in the slums of Nigeria
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Imagínate
March 15, 2012
Creating professional development opportunities for university students in Mexico.
Also labeled: IDEAS competition, Global
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Essmart
March 8, 2012
Improving access to vital technologies in rural India
Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, IDEAS competition, Global, Student life, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service, D-Lab
Startup developing new battery technology wins $12,000 in first MIT ACCELERATE contest
March 6, 2012
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Batteries, Entrepreneurship, MIT $100K competition, Students
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Recovers.org
February 24, 2012
Out of a crisis that struck close to home, sisters develop innovative disaster relief solution.
MIT team promotes prostate cancer prognosis tool
February 14, 2012
Group is a semifinalist in MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Experimental World War I video game combats 'over-engineered' storytelling
February 1, 2012
MIT lab proves games don't need supercharged technology to create dramatic narratives.
Diversity and excellence explored at Institute summit
January 31, 2012
Faculty and students offered multiple perspectives on race and gender
Robots go head to head, 250 miles above Earth
January 25, 2012
Third annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.
A test of teamwork, engineering skill and endurance across the Australian Outback
November 29, 2011
After placing 15th in the 2011 Veolia World Solar Challenge, MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle Team reflects on their experience and looks ahead to the future.
MIT team wins iGEM competition track
November 15, 2011
Group earns top spot in health and medicine; advances to grand finals for first time.
BLOSSOMS announces new contest
November 10, 2011
Students invited to create new videos for high school math classes.
MIT and Cornell face off in real battle over fake alumni
October 13, 2011
MIT and Cornell alumni are battling over which TV, movie, or game characters with fictional degrees from their institutions have the 'potential to offer the greatest contributions to society.'
Everybody’s a winner
October 7, 2011
Automatic window-shading invention tops a strong field of entries in materials competition.
MIT hosts Math Prize for Girls
September 20, 2011
More than 250 high school girls converge on campus for competition and community.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Education, teaching, academics, Mathematics, Students, Women
MIT Steel Bridge team places 5th in national competition
May 31, 2011
Young CEE team continues its climb in the national rankings
Waste-conversion startup Sanergy bowls over competition
May 12, 2011
Wild-card entry takes top prize in $100K Business Plan Competition
A competition full of hacks
May 9, 2011
Annual 2.007 finale pits robots against MIT history.
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Hacks and humor, History of MIT, Mechanical engineering, Robots, Students
Lexington High team wins 14th annual Blue Lobster Bowl
February 14, 2011
Advance to National Ocean Sciences Bowl to compete against 24 other regional winners.
Going head to head
February 9, 2011
Mechanical-engineering competition set the stage for a variety of competitive classes and events at MIT and elsewhere.
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Mechanical engineering, Robots, Students, Timeline
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