Graduate, postdoctoral

Student inventor Alice Chen receives Lemelson-MIT Student Prize$30,000 prizes awarded to inventive students nationwide; four leading universities celebrate 2011 winners

A look back at Old Ashdown in all its (quirky) gloryBefore it was Maseeh Hall, and before it was W1, this historic building was home to generations of graduate students.

CEHS poster session highlights graduate, postdoctoral workMore than 60 posters featured at annual Center for Environmental Health Sciences event.

IAP active bystander workshop taping: a huge successSloan fellows and MBAs work together to develop videos to train future student leaders.

MISTI sends more than 50 students abroad over IAPTake on real-world challenges in places such as Mexico, Germany and France

A decade of OCW benefits: Resources for real world solutionsMegan Brewster used OCW to design a small-scale plastics recycling program in Guatemala.

Team wins protein-folding prizeEarn $5,000 for top finish in the University Protein Folding Challenge

Two MIT teams design winning solutions for New OrleansDUSP and architecture graduate students claim top prizes in the Chase Community Development Competition.

MISTI 2.0 selects new granteesSeven student projects awarded funding.

When gender isn’t written all over one’s faceNeuroscientists find that the same face may look male or female, depending on where it appears in a person’s field of view.

MIT graduate students give backFood drive as part of the Sidney-Pacific House Cup nets nearly 1,500 pounds of donations for local food bank.

In the World: Turning waste into profitStudents aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.

Xerox CEO Ursula Burns to deliver 2011 Commencement addressWill help cap MIT's 150th anniversary celebration

A worldly educationA Master of Science in Management Studies student extols the opportunities of the new program.

Four from MIT are Stewardship Science Graduate fellowsGraduate students take practicum at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Chancellor Phillip L. Clay to step downHailed by President Hockfield as ‘an exceptional leader,’ he leaves a remarkable record of achievement.

Hitting the tough shotsMBA student Peljto turns passion into projects; works behind the scenes on the sports analytics conference.

Vikings strike at Cambridge regattaNo, not the famous one. The other one.

Keeping it real through systems thinkingSDM student addresses real-world challenges in his academic studies.

MIT teams dominate national energy contestThree MIT-connected teams were among five finalists and won top two prizes in ConocoPhillips award program

Systems thinking in the mobile space

Biology rides to computers’ aidPhotonic crystals could usher in an age of low-power optical computing, but they’re hard to manufacture. Maybe adding a little DNA would help.

Nuclear science and engineering graduate student wins NuMat awardHonored for originality of research, quality of presentation at conference

700 families arrive for a taste of MITStudents' parents, grandparents and siblings experience campus through talks, tours and more as part of Family Weekend.