Global
School of Engineering to explore collaboration with ITA
April 10, 2012
Six-month evaluation will examine the feasibility of a collaboration.
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: True Africa
April 9, 2012
Improving access to local businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa
MIT students teach hands-on learning abroad
April 9, 2012
MISTI Global Teaching Labs attracts students looking to share the Institute's unique approach to science and engineering education.
Reif, Grimson: MITx aims to enhance on-campus education
April 6, 2012
New online courses add value to MIT’s residential program, provost and chancellor tell students.
A fight for rights
April 5, 2012
In MIT talk, exiled Nobel Prize-winning activist Shirin Ebadi promises a continued ‘fight for full and complete equality’ for Iran’s women.
Also labeled: Human rights, Nobel Prizes, Religion, Special events and guest speakers, Women, Arab Spring, Iran, Nuclear power and reactors
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: wecyclers
March 27, 2012
Incentivizing recycling in the slums of Nigeria
All the difference in the world
March 23, 2012
In new book, economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson assert that above all else, political institutions — not culture or natural resources — determine the wealth of nations.
On the hunt for mathematical beauty
March 23, 2012
Alexei Borodin uses sophisticated tools to extract information from large groups.
MIT-Germany Seed Fund winners announced
March 20, 2012
Funds support collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and in Germany.
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Imagínate
March 15, 2012
Creating professional development opportunities for university students in Mexico.
Also labeled: Contests and academic competitions, IDEAS competition
MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative receives grant
March 9, 2012
Project prepares for year two in its response to Japan's disaster.
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Essmart
March 8, 2012
Improving access to vital technologies in rural India
Princeton Review names MIT a top school for video game design
March 7, 2012
Undergraduate and graduate programs both lauded.
Eric Lander wins Dan David Prize
March 5, 2012
Broad Institute director, biology professor shares prize in the 'future' category.
First course offered by MITx begins
March 5, 2012
More than 90,000 people have registered for 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Internet, MITx, Students, Web development, Provost
In the World: How rainwater can meet clean-water needs
March 5, 2012
Rainfall can provide an alternative to polluted groundwater in developing countries, but systems are needed to keep it clean.
Alumni bring Turks and Armenians together for joint initiative
March 1, 2012
Professional workshops focus on environmental sustainability.
Sustainable approaches to reducing food waste in India
February 28, 2012
Also labeled: Energy, Food, India, International development, Student life, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service
MISTI Global Seed Funds 2011-2012 winners announced
February 22, 2012
Also labeled: Center for International Studies, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, MISTI, Research, Students, Undergraduate
Paola Cappellaro wins AFOSR Young Investigator Award
February 15, 2012
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering assistant professor is investigating a bottom-up approach to quantum information devices.
Jens Hainmueller: A 'numbers' guy takes on pressing public policy issues
February 15, 2012
Political science associate professor ties together qualitative and quantitative ways of thinking about politics and society.
MIT and SUTD open International Design Centre
February 9, 2012
Aims to become the world’s premier scholarly hub for technologically intensive design.
Olesnavage wins 2012 Dean A. Horn Award
February 3, 2012
Undergraduate lays the groundwork for detection of submarine groundwater discharge in Cyprus.
MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos
February 1, 2012
Talks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.
Here comes the sun
January 11, 2012
A new sunflower-inspired pattern increases concentrated solar efficiency.
Also labeled: Biomimetics, Computation, Computer modeling, Energy, Mechanical engineering, Thermoelectricity, Solar
Making her move
January 9, 2012
MIT senior overcame disabilities to study materials science, hoping to pave the way for other aspiring engineers.
Boyden named inaugural recipient of IET’s Harvey Engineering Research Prize
January 6, 2012
Honored for his pioneering research contributions to the field of optogenetics, in which neurons are genetically modified to respond to light.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty, McGovern Institute, Media Lab, Optogenetics, Research























