Education, teaching, academics

Redefining how we teachMIT BLOSSOMS program shows students how math and science pertain to daily life

Everybody’s a winnerAutomatic window-shading invention tops a strong field of entries in materials competition.

Classes and academic research help launch companiesA variety of course offerings are devoted to spurring new ventures.

Resnick awarded McGraw Prize in EducationMedia Lab professor is one of three honored for work in digital education.

MIT releases endowment figures for 2011

Schuh appointed head of the Department of Materials Science and EngineeringReplaces interim department head Carl Thompson.

MIT announces Professor Gilbert Strang as first MathWorks Professor of MathematicsEndowment underscores value commercial industry places on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education

Kord Smith brings 30 years of simulation insight to NSE

Dyslexia independent of IQBrain-imaging study suggests that reading difficulties are the same regardless of overall intelligence — and that more children could benefit from support in school.

BLOSSOMS working with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) to improve science and math education

MIT hosts Math Prize for GirlsMore than 250 high school girls converge on campus for competition and community.

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering collaborates in developing nuclear security curriculum for graduate educationDepartment of Energy names MIT as one of three universities awarded grants for the program.

Science school for judgesMIT and the Broad Institute open their doors to the judicial community for a workshop at the intersection of science and the law.

In Profile: Heather PaxsonAnthropologist examines the ‘everyday ethics’ of everything from cheese making to motherhood.

MIT fifth overall among U.S. universities in U.S. News rankingsUndergraduate engineering again ranked No. 1; business No. 2.

‘I speak MISTI’MIT program sends students abroad for experiences tailor-made for their academic and professional interests.

Undergraduate energy research ‘fueled’ by team approach

Video: Interphase program at MITRigorous program introduces new freshmen to life at the Institute.

Beyond the InfiniteThe fall 2011 newsletter from the MIT Public Service Center

Fresh faces on campusMeet some of MIT’s talented, diverse Class of 2015.

Fink named RLE directorSucceeds Shapiro to lead one of the Institute’s oldest interdepartmental labs

Video: Learning by designEdgerton Center-run workshop gives high school students a hands-on tutorial in engineering.

The science of teacher educationUndergraduate program prepares primary and secondary classroom leaders capable of inspiring their students.

President Hockfield stresses innovation in speech to U.S. governors‘Lasting economic growth emerges from the most advanced science, mathematics and technology,’ she says.