Education, teaching, academics

MIT ranks fifth in latest Times Higher Education rankingsInstitute places No. 1 in discipline rankings for social sciences, life sciences.

Symposium launches new Borders Research Initiative by MIT Women's and Gender Studies

Department snapshot: Aeronautics and AstronauticsAeroAstro 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

Understanding and predicting materials behaviorDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering takes an interdisciplinary approach

‘We are all in this great enterprise together’In his inaugural address, President L. Rafael Reif aims MIT on a course to shape new directions in education.

Innovation in the classroom‘Future of Education’ symposium, held before the inauguration of President L. Rafael Reif, examines the evolution of teaching and learning.

MIT’s place in the worldInaugural symposium addresses the Institute’s global engagement.

Open Education on the Move: An Interview with Vijay KumarDirector of MIT's Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT) discusses some of the key concepts propelling the open education movement.

Lincoln Laboratory Director Evans appointed president of National GEM Consortium

The art of being interdisciplinaryBabel Working Group hosts 'Cruising in the Ruins' conference

MIT OpenCourseWare releases first episode of the ChemLab Boot Camp SeriesVideos follow 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.

The sense of styleSteven Pinker delivers nuclear engineering's first lecture on 'Communicating Science and Technology in the 21st Century.'

The Edgerton Center turns 20Professor J. Kim Vandiver on the history and future of the Edgerton Center.

World-class musician Mark Stewart comes to the Glass LabIn 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

U.S. News ranks MIT sixth overall among U.S. universitiesInstitute’s undergraduate engineering program is again ranked No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.

A world of OCW benefits: Powering career advancementZiya 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 2016MIT’s freshman class represents 54 nations and is 46 percent female.

MIT Steel Bridge Team takes second place at national competition

Fundamentals of Biology now available in OCW Scholar formatCourse is the last of seven OCW has published this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.

Ekaterina Paramonova: A nuclear networkerUndergraduate on a unique career track that intriguingly combines nuclear engineering and diplomacy.

In The World: Helping Brazilians turn waste into productsInternational summit fosters ways of producing everything from food to flooring, using discarded materials.

Salvucci honored by Eno Center for TransportationCivil and Environmental Engineering lecturer, research associate honored for lifetime achievements

Graves named Engineering Systems Division interim directorSloan, ESD and mechanical engineering professor succeeds Sussman.

‘This is my freshman year, too’President L. Rafael Reif welcomes Class of 2016 at annual Freshman Convocation.

Clifford appointed to Belluschi LectureshipYoung practitioner/scholar researches past methods of making.