MIT team wins grand prize at NASA’s First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition
Building a drone for the first time, the MIT First Nations Launch team excelled in designing a scientific payload to deploy from a rocket and landing it safely.
How MIT’s online resources provide a “highly motivating, even transformative experience”
Charalampos Sampalis explores all that MIT Open Learning has to offer while growing his career in Athens, Greece.
3 Questions: From the bench to the battlefield
Rising senior and Army ROTC cadet Alexander Edwards and Aneal Krishnan ’02 discuss a new UROP fellowship with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
Lincoln Laboratory and National Strategic Research Institute launch student research program to tackle biothreats to national security
MIT students who participated in the pilot program developed tools to rapidly screen for novel biosynthetic capabilities.
Building bidirectional bridges
MIT’s Office of Graduate Education hosts Summit on Creating Inclusive Pathways to the PhD
D-Lab off-grid brooder saves chicks and money using locally manufactured thermal batteries
The innovation, which employs beeswax to maintain consistent heating, is the result of three years of co-design with Cameroonian poultry farmers.
Testing spooky action at a distance
A quantum computing research collaboration connects MIT with the University of Copenhagen.
Across the pond to scale new heights
Through MISTI’s Imperial College London Exchange, students experience AeroAstro, MIT, and the beauty of New England.
Groundbreaking poverty alleviation project expands with new Arnold Ventures, J-PAL North America collaboration
Shared commitment to data-driven approach will help identify new policy solutions to reduce poverty and increase economic mobility in the US.
MIT Global SCALE Network expands by adding center at Loughborough University
United Kingdom Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence Centre (UK SCALE) joins prestigious international network to advance global supply chain and logistics innovation.
Roadmap details how to improve exoplanet exploration using the JWST
Scientists created the step-by-step guide to unlock the potential of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for identifying habitable worlds in the universe.
Math program promotes global community for at-risk Ukrainian high schoolers
“Our hope is that our students grow and mature as scholars and help rebuild the intellectual potential of Ukraine after the devastating war.”
Collaborative effort supports an MIT resilient to the impacts of extreme heat
Increasing severity and duration of heat drives data collection and resiliency planning for the forthcoming Climate Resiliency and Adaptation Roadmap.
“They can see themselves shaping the world they live in”
Developed by MIT RAISE, the Day of AI curriculum empowers K-12 students to collaborate on local and global challenges using AI.
“Rollerama” roller rink opens in Kendall Square
A summertime installation by MIT’s real estate group features free roller-skating and fun activities for the broader community.