Education, teaching, academics
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams selected from national pool of student applicants
October 17, 2012
16 high school teams awarded up to $10,000 in grants to bring invention ideas to life.
Department snapshot: Mechanical Engineering
October 17, 2012
More MechE students choose to design their own education.
Christopher Warshaw: Mapping a Democracy
October 16, 2012
Also labeled: Environment, Faculty, Policy, Political science, Politics, Research, Taxes, Voting and elections
Cambridge-MIT Exchange funding extended
October 12, 2012
BP funding allows program to expand to 21 students annually from 15 currently.
Three Washington, D.C. biology teachers create online video lessons for MIT BLOSSOMS Program
October 12, 2012
MIT students to visit Belgium on study-trip
October 5, 2012
Also labeled: Independent Activities Period, Global, Literature, languages and writing, Student life, Students, Arts, Visual arts
MIT OpenCourseWare marks 10th anniversary of pilot site launch
October 5, 2012
The first materials from 32 courses were published in a pilot site launched 10 years ago last month.
Also labeled: Educational Innovation and Technology, Faculty, History of MIT, Online learning, OpenCourseWare, Staff
MIT ranks fifth in latest Times Higher Education rankings
October 5, 2012
Institute places No. 1 in discipline rankings for social sciences, life sciences.
Department snapshot: Aeronautics and Astronautics
October 3, 2012
AeroAstro takes off in new directions — prompting a 50 percent spike in new undergraduate enrollments.
MIT LGO logs 25 years as a leader in manufacturing and operations
October 1, 2012
Also labeled: Leaders for Global Operations (LGO), Manufacturing
Understanding and predicting materials behavior
September 26, 2012
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering takes an interdisciplinary approach
‘We are all in this great enterprise together’
September 21, 2012
In his inaugural address, President L. Rafael Reif aims MIT on a course to shape new directions in education.
Innovation in the classroom
September 21, 2012
‘Future of Education’ symposium, held before the inauguration of President L. Rafael Reif, examines the evolution of teaching and learning.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, EdX, Faculty, Global Education and Career Development, Inauguration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Global, Massive open online courses (MOOCs), MITx, Online learning, Open Learning Enterprise, OpenCourseWare, President L. Rafael Reif, Students, Educational Innovation and Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), D-Lab
MIT’s place in the world
September 20, 2012
Inaugural symposium addresses the Institute’s global engagement.
Also labeled: Collaboration, Faculty, Global Education and Career Development, Globalization, Inauguration, Global, Masdar, President L. Rafael Reif, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Skolkovo, Students, Electrical engineering and electronics, History, Linguistics, OpenCourseWare, Philosophy, Staff, Undergraduate, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), MISTI, Online learning, D-Lab
Open Education on the Move: An Interview with Vijay Kumar
September 20, 2012
Director of MIT's Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT) discusses some of the key concepts propelling the open education movement.
Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Alumni/ae, Chemistry and chemical engineering, Educational Innovation and Technology, EdX, Faculty, Information Services and Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Massive open online courses (MOOCs), MITx, Open access, Open Learning Enterprise, OpenCourseWare
Lincoln Laboratory Director Evans appointed president of National GEM Consortium
September 18, 2012
Also labeled: Administration, Diversity, Graduate, postdoctoral, Lincoln Laboratory, Women in engineering
The art of being interdisciplinary
September 18, 2012
Babel Working Group hosts 'Cruising in the Ruins' conference
MIT OpenCourseWare releases first episode of the ChemLab Boot Camp Series
September 18, 2012
Videos follow 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.
The sense of style
September 18, 2012
Steven Pinker delivers nuclear engineering's first lecture on 'Communicating Science and Technology in the 21st Century.'
The Edgerton Center turns 20
September 17, 2012
Professor J. Kim Vandiver on the history and future of the Edgerton Center.
Also labeled: 3 Questions, Edgerton, Faculty, K-12 education, Photography, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service, D-Lab
World-class musician Mark Stewart comes to the Glass Lab
September 14, 2012
In a yearlong residency, the musician and instrument designer will build a glass orchestra with MIT students.
R. Scott Kemp brings new perspectives on nuclear technology and society
September 13, 2012
Also labeled: Energy, Faculty, Government, Nuclear power and reactors, Nuclear science and engineering, Policy, Security
U.S. News ranks MIT sixth overall among U.S. universities
September 12, 2012
Institute’s undergraduate engineering program is again ranked No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
QS ranking calls MIT the world’s top university
September 11, 2012
QS World University Rankings also give the Institute top billing in 11 of 28 academic disciplines evaluated.
A world of OCW benefits: Powering career advancement
September 11, 2012
Ziya Deniz Eralp’s search for management information and training led him to OCW and ultimately to MIT's System Design and Management Program.
Get to know the Class of 2016
September 8, 2012
MIT’s freshman class represents 54 nations and is 46 percent female.
Community invited to partake in, contribute to Inauguration 2012
September 7, 2012
Several academic- and family-oriented free events scheduled for Sept. 19-22.
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