Education, teaching, academics

ChemLab Boot Camp: MIT OpenCourseWare launches reality seriesA new series of videos to be published this fall follows 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.

CEE's Humbyrd wins School of Engineering teaching and mentoring awardAward recognizes and encourages extraordinary teaching and mentoring by a graduate student in the school.

Introduction to Psychology now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar formatCourse is the sixth of seven courses MIT OCW will publish this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.

UC Berkeley joins edXUC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online-learning collaborative; edX broadens free course offerings into public health, computer science and solid-state chemistry; opens registration

Lessons learned from MITx’s prototype courseAs the team behind MIT’s ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.

Daniel Casey: Exploring a ‘little star’ on Earth

STAR team recognized for impact on STEM education in Massachusetts high schools

Glen Urban, former MIT Sloan dean, retires to focus on research; leaves behind $1 million giftEstablishes a PhD marketing fellowship at the school

Engineering CommencementInnovations and traditions evolve with the history of MIT graduation.

Fusion program moves beyond plasma, toward practical powerplant issues

ARTEMiS brings art to teaching of science and engineering conceptsART for Engineering, Mathematics, and Science an initiative launched last summer through MIT’s Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT).

Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy Studies established in Department of Political ScienceEndowed chair established with a gift of $5 million from the Stanton Foundation

CourseRoad, Dormbase win 2012 iCampus Student PrizesCourseRoad named grand prize winner; Dormbase named runner-up

Josh Shifrinson: decline of power playMilitary strategy for a declining United States in a complex world

Reinventing planned citiesRethinking '50s era ‘new towns’

Results of the 2012 Senior SurveyStudents value learning over grade point average

TIMtalks spotlight students who have turned failure into successEvent gives students an opportunity to discuss failure, achievement, MIT culture.

Department of Mechanical Engineering's Toy Lab 'PLAYsents' student-built prototypesIn 2.00b, students focus on their inner child.

Entrepreneurial students dive into product design and developmentJoint MIT-RISD course yields concepts from iPad-friendly backpacks to waste-free sugar.

Some MIT freshmen get high-level advisorsTop administrators ‘walk the talk’ by advising members of the Class of 2015.

Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finaleCompetition concludes mechanical design class, unleashing a wide variety of spinning, pumping and striking robots.

Studying school quality, to fight inequalityNew MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.

SUTD marks start of its first academic yearSingaporean university, established in consultation with MIT, enrolls 340 students in its inaugural class.

SA+P hosts collegiate architecture schoolsThe culminating event of ACSA’s centennial celebration

Woodie Flowers, a pioneer of hands-on engineering educationFlowers and his former student, David Wallace, have created a fun, teamwork-based approach to learning the art of mechanical design.