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Department snapshot: Civil and Environmental EngineeringFrom bacteria to bridges, CEE researchers tackle natural and built environments.

A good sportSarah Miller MBA ’13 leads the way on logistics, operations for annual Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.

CityDays Serve-Off brings MIT student communities to the local community190 students serve at 13 local organizations.

L.E.A.D. workshops offer students flexible, practical leadership training

Department snapshot: Mechanical EngineeringMore MechE students choose to design their own education.

MIT's CSAIL launches new center to tackle the future of wireless and mobile technologiesWill address major technical challenges facing wireless field, bring together academia and industry

A new way to create rare sugarsMIT team discovers an inorganic catalyst that could pave the way to a more robust synthesis of valuable rare sugars.

MIT team builds most complex synthetic biology circuit yetNew sensor can detect four different molecules, could be used to program cells to precisely monitor their environments.

Paying it forward through engineeringSystem Design and Management student aims to improve the world.

Department snapshot: Aeronautics and AstronauticsAeroAstro takes off in new directions — prompting a 50 percent spike in new undergraduate enrollments.

Oscillating microscopic beads could be key to biolab on a chipMIT team finds way to manipulate and measure magnetic particles without contact, potentially enabling multiple medical tests on a tiny device.

Automatic building mapping could help emergency respondersA prototype sensor array that can be worn on the chest automatically maps the wearer’s environment, recognizing movement between floors.

MIT Postdoctoral Association marks its one-year anniversary

Lincoln Laboratory Director Evans appointed president of National GEM Consortium

Fine tunesPhilip Cohen MBA ’13 brings his personal startup history to the Beehive.

MIT Sloan Fellows Program is vehicle to successMIT Sloan Fellow talks about the concept of car sharing.

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.

Student input guides MIT Housing's summer renovationsEast Campus, McCormick Hall, Next House and Senior House see new kitchens, facades and more.

Teaching a microbe to make fuelGenetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel.

Most massive and luminous galaxy cluster identifiedDetection may confirm long-held theory.

CEE's Humbyrd wins School of Engineering teaching and mentoring awardAward recognizes and encourages extraordinary teaching and mentoring by a graduate student in the school.

New router enhances the precision of woodworkingHandheld device precisely follows a digital plan with minimal guidance from a user.

MIT Cycling Team rides to (another) national championshipBanner year for women and men cements club's reputation as perennial powerhouse.

Writing graphics software gets much easierA new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that’s much shorter and clearer — but also faster.

Research update: Chips with self-assembling rectanglesNew technique allows production of complex microchip structures in one self-assembling step.

Researchers explain how dye-based nanotubes can help harvest light’s energyTiny cylinders help reveal how natural-light-harvesting antennae collect light with exceptional efficiency.