Education, teaching, academics
MIT Professor Shigeru Miyagawa named award recipient by the OCW Consortium
March 23, 2012
Professor Miyagawa recognized with other leaders of the global OpenCourseWare movement.
Water world
March 21, 2012
'Weather in a tank' demonstration helps students grasp fluid dynamics.
Four professors named 2012 MacVicar Fellows
March 16, 2012
Broadhead, Kaelbling, Kaiser and Rose awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Community, Faculty, MacVicar fellows, MIT Administration, Students, Undergraduate, Provost
Anant Agarwal named director of new unit to advance MITx
March 16, 2012
Instructor of inaugural 6.002x course will step down as CSAIL director.
Current SHASS MacVicar Faculty Fellows reflect on teaching at MIT
March 14, 2012
New fellows to be named Friday; current SHASS fellows discuss the significance — and the sheer fun — of teaching the Institute's students
Also labeled: Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty, Humanities, Social sciences, Students, Undergraduate
Graduate programs in engineering, management excel in new rankings
March 13, 2012
MIT leads in multiple disciplines, says U.S. News & World Report.
Princeton Review names MIT a top school for video game design
March 7, 2012
Undergraduate and graduate programs both lauded.
Byki Online builds proficiency in 70 languages
March 7, 2012
This resource for the MIT community features instruction in 70 languages, from Afrikaans to Zulu.
Louis S. Osborne PhD ’50, longtime MIT physicist, dies at 88
March 5, 2012
Developed many of the experimental techniques that are now standard practice in high-energy physics
New initiatives in graduate education at MIT
March 5, 2012
Three new committees will advance important topics.
Also labeled: Careers, Digital, Entrepreneurship, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, MIT Administration, Students
First course offered by MITx begins
March 5, 2012
More than 90,000 people have registered for 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics
MathWorks makes multi-year sponsorship commitment to MIT OpenCourseWare
March 2, 2012
Joins Dow Chemical and Lockheed Martin in OCW Next Decade Alliance to support global educational opportunity.
Robert Whitman, longtime CEE professor, dies at 84
March 1, 2012
World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Civil and environmental engineering, Earthquakes, Faculty, Memorial services, Obituaries
They’re mastering manufacturing
March 1, 2012
A distinctive MIT program trains engineers and managers who want to build careers on the leading edge of industrial production.
MIT OpenCourseWare teams up with Flat World Knowledge to combine free texts and free course materials
February 29, 2012
Collaboration among open education innovators creates rich learning opportunities for independent learners.
An EMBA student teaches self-defense for everyone
February 28, 2012
Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science now available in OCW Scholar format
February 27, 2012
6.01SC 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
February 24, 2012
A four-week commitment, a long-lasting impact
February 23, 2012
11 MIT students participate in Four Weeks for America over IAP
Principles of Microeconomics now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar format
February 23, 2012
14.01SC 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
February 22, 2012
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Concrete, Faculty, Industry, Leadership, Nuclear science and engineering, Research
Paola Cappellaro wins AFOSR Young Investigator Award
February 15, 2012
Department 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
February 14, 2012
Also labeled: Economics, Government, Nuclear science and engineering, Policy, Research, Students, Women in engineering, Energy
Katy O’Brien, SDM ’12: the power of engineering and management
February 14, 2012
Differential Equations now available in MIT OpenCourseWare's innovative OCW Scholar format
February 13, 2012
18.03SC is the second of seven courses OCW will publish this spring specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.
MITx prototype course opens for enrollment
February 13, 2012
Online-learning initiative’s first offering, ‘6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,’ accepting registrants now.
MIT and SUTD open International Design Centre
February 9, 2012
Aims to become the world’s premier scholarly hub for technologically intensive design.
Also labeled: Campus buildings and architecture, Design, Global, MIT Administration, Singapore, Provost






















