Students
Jazzing up at MIT
May 17, 2013
Student puts music and artificial intelligence in harmony
Also labeled: Arts, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Humanities, Jazz, Music, Student life
Two MIT Sloan doctoral students win awards
May 17, 2013
A caring mind
May 17, 2013
Red blood cells, dengue fever and greenhouses have been on MIT senior Paula Trepman’s mind as she tackles problems in global health care.
D-Lab Scale-Ups awards funds to three MIT social entrepreneurs
May 16, 2013
Shawn Wen ‘13, Kevin Cedrone SM ’10 PhD ‘13 and Sumana Shrestha MBA ‘13 to join the Phase I Fellowship Program
MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator announces 2013 student teams
May 16, 2013
Startup accelerator includes eight MIT student teams as well as teams from six international universities.
Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Awards, honors and fellowships, Collaboration, Deshpande Center, Electrical engineering and electronics, Entrepreneurship, Global, Graduate, postdoctoral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Mechanical engineering, Media Lab, Skoltech, Startups, Student life, Undergraduate
Bexley residents, student leaders respond to dormitory closing due to structural problems
May 15, 2013
Chancellor, dean for student life send letters in response.
Also labeled: Campus buildings and architecture, Chancellor, Residential life, Student life, Undergraduate
Students with toys: Not just playing around
May 15, 2013
In mechanical engineering department’s toy-design class, teams design creative board games, plush toys and puzzles.
British Prime Minister David Cameron visits MIT
May 14, 2013
Personable robots, advanced prosthetics and entrepreneurship figure prominently in campus visit.
Machine shop builds lifelong skills
May 14, 2013
In its 15th year, the Edgerton Student Shop continues to entice students to build all manner of things
Kids coding in the cloud
May 14, 2013
MIT Media Lab launches new generation of Scratch online community.
First ‘SuperUROPs’ cap off inaugural year
May 13, 2013
EECS program immerses undergraduates in advanced research projects.
Also labeled: Advanced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (SuperUROP), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Undergraduate, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), Alumni/ae, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Research
MIT conference showcases undergraduate research
May 13, 2013
EECScon 2013 marks MIT’s first research conference geared toward engineering undergraduates
Sports Shorts for May 13: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
May 13, 2013
Baseball wins ECAC championship, earns at-large bid to NCAA Tournament; Barlow and Williams awarded NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors
In 2.007, slow and steady wins the race
May 10, 2013
Final tournament of robots in mechanical engineering class features wide variety of designs and strategies.
One order of steel; hold the greenhouse gases
May 8, 2013
Steelmaking, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed at MIT.
Bexley to close at end of semester for up to three years due to structural problems
May 7, 2013
Dean for Student Life Chris Colombo says helping affected students is his top priority; seniors permitted to stay through Commencement.
Funding clean-energy solutions
May 7, 2013
MIT’s Clean Energy Prize awards more than $300,000 to support green startups and technologies.
MSMS student taps MIT Sloan to power energy research
May 7, 2013
As a student in the Master of Science in Management Studies program, Vikalp Sabhlok examines ways to improve energy distribution systems in developing countries.
MIT Women’s Chorale celebrates 80th anniversary
May 6, 2013
A free concert marking the anniversary to be held in Cambridge.
Also labeled: Arts, Community, Faculty, Harvard, History of MIT, Music, Special events and guest speakers, Staff, Women
Sports Shorts for May 6: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
May 6, 2013
Zhang named NEWMAC Athlete of the Year in tennis; Perez, Cornwell named to Capital One Academic All-District Team for baseball
IDEAS awards offer a ‘launching point’ for ventures
May 3, 2013
Social entrepreneurs take home thousands of dollars from the IDEAS Global Challenge to help launch startups, develop inventions.
MIT Steel Bridge team wins first place in regional contest
May 1, 2013
Though delayed by the Boston-area lockdown, the competition was held at MIT on April 20
Mission Southwest: Mines, water and rocks
May 1, 2013
Undergrads in Terrascope Mission 2016 course visit mines and water facilities in the American Southwest.
Also labeled: Environment, Experiential learning, Learning, Natural resources, Terrascope, Undergraduate
Inventors honored for bringing life-saving health solutions to the developing world
May 1, 2013
Rebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden win $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation.
MIT Entrepreneur in Residence Network expands
April 30, 2013
Program provides resources and features advice from successful serial entrepreneurs
NSE-led teams sweep energy innovation contest
April 30, 2013
Future Energy @ MIT pitch competition focuses on finding solutions to the world’s energy challenges
IDEAS Global Challenge team profile: Bluelight
April 30, 2013
The team is developing a layaway payment system in Jordan to provide low-income consumers with greater access to capital.
Sports Shorts for April 29: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
April 29, 2013
Men’s and women’s track and field, men's tennis all capture NEWMAC titles; Hohenberger and Chang named All-Americans in volleyball
MIT students win twice in White House competition
April 26, 2013
Contest focused on energy efficiency in buildings
DiFava, Reif, and a Massachusetts police lieutenant thank MIT for support
April 26, 2013
In letters published in today’s Tech, MIT’s police chief and president thank the community for its support over the past week.
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