http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/contests.html Contests and academic competitions headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/contests.html 88 31 Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/2007-contest-0509.html Robots designed to toss pool-noodle trees into a river of ping-pong balls ruled over competitors focused on rescuing fuzzy toy beavers in this year's 2.007 contest, "Da (yes) MIT, or Save the Baby Beavers," held on Thursday, May 8, at MIT. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/2007-contest-0509.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/steel-bridge-0506.html An MIT team from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering prepares for the American Society of Civil Engineers National Steel Bridge Competition. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/steel-bridge-0506.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/2.007-adv-0505.html The final rounds of MIT's action-packed annual robot competition will be held Wednesday, May 7, and Thursday, May 8, in the Johnson Athletic Center. The events are free and open to the public. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/2.007-adv-0505.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/brains-0411.html A team of MIT students was named regional champions--and placed second overall--in an annual competition, sponsored by IBM, that challenged students to solve a semester's worth of computer programming problems in just five hours. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/brains-0411.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/putnam-0327.html MIT's math team made a strong showing at the William Lowell Putnam intercollegiate mathematics competition, finishing in third place. Two MIT math majors finished in the top six: sophomore Qingchun Ren and junior Xuancheng Shao. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/putnam-0327.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/crossword-0222.html Teamwork is encouraged in the MIT math department when it comes to solving New York Times crossword puzzles, but one person usually stays on the sidelines: professor Kiran Kedlaya--"he's too good," says the head of the department. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/crossword-0222.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/iap-battlecode-tt0206.html Tanks, soldiers, snipers and bombers fanned out rapidly over unfamiliar undulating terrain, searching for their enemy counterparts and trying to seize control of battle towers. Their commanders? MIT coders, duking it out in the BattleCode programming competition. Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/iap-battlecode-tt0206.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/multimedia-0107.html MIT TechTV presents MIT's video and photography enthusiasts with two opportunities this January to create and share their work: The IAP Video Contest for MIT students, and YourMIT, a chance for the broader community to help reflect MIT life. Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/multimedia-0107.html