Education, teaching, academics

MIT Professor Shigeru Miyagawa named award recipient by the OCW ConsortiumProfessor Miyagawa recognized with other leaders of the global OpenCourseWare movement.

Water world'Weather in a tank' demonstration helps students grasp fluid dynamics.

Four professors named 2012 MacVicar FellowsBroadhead, Kaelbling, Kaiser and Rose awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.

Anant Agarwal named director of new unit to advance MITxInstructor of inaugural 6.002x course will step down as CSAIL director.

Letter to the community on appointment of Open Learning Enterprise director

Current SHASS MacVicar Faculty Fellows reflect on teaching at MITNew fellows to be named Friday; current SHASS fellows discuss the significance — and the sheer fun — of teaching the Institute's students

Graduate programs in engineering, management excel in new rankingsMIT leads in multiple disciplines, says U.S. News & World Report.

Byki Online builds proficiency in 70 languagesThis resource for the MIT community features instruction in 70 languages, from Afrikaans to Zulu.

Political science PhD candidate Christopher Clary helping to shape U.S. defense policy

Louis S. Osborne PhD ’50, longtime MIT physicist, dies at 88Developed many of the experimental techniques that are now standard practice in high-energy physics

First course offered by MITx beginsMore than 90,000 people have registered for 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics

Haibo Wang, SDM ’12: Systems thinking makes surgeries safer

Robert Whitman, longtime CEE professor, dies at 84World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.

They’re mastering manufacturingA distinctive MIT program trains engineers and managers who want to build careers on the leading edge of industrial production.

An EMBA student teaches self-defense for everyone

Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science now available in OCW Scholar format6.01SC is the fourth of seven courses OCW will publish this spring specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.

Solhee Lee, SDM ’12: systems thinking for the next generation

A four-week commitment, a long-lasting impact11 MIT students participate in Four Weeks for America over IAP

Principles of Microeconomics now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar format14.01SC is the third of seven courses OCW will publish this spring specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.

Emeritus Professor Sidney Yip wins 2012 Robert Cahn Award

Paola Cappellaro wins AFOSR Young Investigator AwardDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering assistant professor is investigating a bottom-up approach to quantum information devices.

Ashley Finan: Developing better policy for energy innovation

Katy O’Brien, SDM ’12: the power of engineering and management

Differential Equations now available in MIT OpenCourseWare's innovative OCW Scholar format18.03SC is the second of seven courses OCW will publish this spring specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.

MITx prototype course opens for enrollmentOnline-learning initiative’s first offering, ‘6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,’ accepting registrants now.