MIT sources and distinct coverage

This guide collects substantive MIT-hosted accounts of STAR, its tools, and the people profiled in this archive. The linked articles and reports remain on MIT websites; their full text is not reproduced here. It is a researched selection as of October 2, 2026, not an exhaustive index of every page on mit.edu. Routine StarCluster documentation and mailing-list messages are already part of the site archive and are not repeated here.

Reporting and interviews

• Protein viewer unveiled (MIT News, 2006) — the PDBViewer collaboration that preceded StarBiochem; names Ivica Ceraj and quotes Chuck Shubert.
• Think small! Think quickly! Atomistic model helps students visualize nanoscale problems (MIT News, 2007) — Ivica Ceraj and Markus Buehler’s StarGP interface for atomistic modeling.
• MIT awarded three HHMI grants to promote excellence in science education (MIT News, 2010) — Graham Walker’s support for continuing development and wider use of StarBiochem and StarGenetics.
• STAR team recognized for impact on STEM education in Massachusetts high schools (MIT News, 2012) — award, classroom use, and named work by Chuck Shubert, Ivica Ceraj, Lourdes Alemán, Alison Brauneis, Sara Bonner, and Stacie Bumgarner.
• OEIT’s role in fostering open education (MIT News, 2012) — Vijay Kumar describes STAR’s role in bringing research tools into teaching.
• DeGraff awarded NSF grant for Haiti linguistics research (MIT News, 2012) — plans to translate STAR tools into Kreyòl for biology classes.
• Q&A: Michel DeGraff on teaching STEM in Kreyòl (MIT News, 2012) — discusses STAR as a model for open educational resources in Haitian Creole.
• Haitian educators and MIT faculty develop Kreyòl-based teaching tools (MIT News, 2015) — reports translated STAR tools; its team photograph identifies Lourdes Alemán and Alison Brauneis.

MIT project accounts and teaching materials

• StarBiochem case study (OEIT) — origins, teaching use, and credits for Chuck Shubert and Ivica Ceraj.
• StarGenetics case study (OEIT) — simulation of genetic crosses and Ivica Ceraj’s contributor credit.
• StarORF project page (OEIT) — open reading frame teaching tool; credits Ivica Ceraj and Lourdes Alemán.
• StarHydro project page (OEIT) — hydrology visualization and Justin Riley’s contributor credit.
• StarMolsim case study (OEIT) — describes StarGP as its predecessor and Justin Riley as lead architect.
• Star Molsim suite joins NanoHUB environment (OEIT, 2011) — Justin Riley’s interface update and migration work.
• Using StarCluster: A Toolbox for Managing Amazon Elastic Compute Clouds (OEIT IAP listing, 2010) — Justin Riley’s class on StarCluster in teaching and research.
• StarCellBio development (MIT Education Group) — biology and software collaborators, including Lourdes Alemán, Alison Brauneis, Ivica Ceraj, and Sara Bonner.
• High school science education (MIT Education Group) — work by Lourdes Alemán and Stacie Bumgarner.
• January 2013 MIT-Haiti workshop agenda — lists Lourdes Alemán and Alison Brauneis among biology workshop instructors.
• StarCellBio project proposal (MIT-hosted PDF) — proposed teaching tool and named development collaborators.

Institutional reports and original writing

• StarBiochem: A Role Model for Teaching the Sciences (MIT IS&T News, 2008) — early STAR history and Chuck Shubert and Ivica Ceraj’s roles.
• Dean for Undergraduate Education, 2007–2008 (MIT Reports to the President) — records a DUE award for Shubert, Ceraj, and Riley.
• Dean for Undergraduate Education, 2008–2009 — STAR staffing and projects, including Sara Bonner, Justin Riley, and Lourdes Alemán.
• OEIT president’s report, 2009–2010 — lists the STAR software then supported.
• Dean for Undergraduate Education, 2010–2011 — names Charles Shubert, Ivan Ceraj, Justin Riley, and Sara Bonner as the STAR group, with Lourdes Alemán and Stacie Bumgarner in the collaborating Education Group.
• Department of Biology, 2013–2014 — reports classroom use of StarGenetics and StarBiochem.
• Department of Biology, 2014–2015 — describes StarBiochem, StarGenetics, and StarCellBio as freely available teaching software.
• Integrating protein visualization in the classroom with StarBiochem (2009 manuscript, locally archived from STAR).
• Bringing Research Tools into the Classroom (Shubert, Ceraj, and Riley; locally archived from STAR).
• StarHPC: Teaching Parallel Programming within Elastic Compute Cloud (Ceraj, Riley, and Shubert; locally archived from STAR).

Historical people records

These staff and Education Group pages support the people profiles. They are listed separately from articles because they provide biographical context rather than reporting an event.

• Historical OEIT staff listing — Chuck Shubert and Ivica Ceraj.
• Justin Riley and Shloka Kini (OEIT staff profiles).
• Lourdes Alemán, Alison Brauneis, and Stacie Bumgarner (Education Group profiles).
• Lourdes Alemán’s Teaching + Learning Lab profile — later teaching role and account of her STAR and MIT-Haiti work.

Some reports spell Ivica Ceraj’s name “Ivan Ceraj.” The 2006 and 2007 MIT News stories also appeared in Tech Talk or departmental listings; one account is listed for each story here. The OEIT StarBiochem case study has overlapping historical copies; this guide links one version. The local Publications page retains its original links and manuscripts.