A design and planning course wrestles with questions of identity, voice, and democracy
From the President
President's Letter: The MIT Campaign for a Better World
We invite you to join us in meeting the challenges and in the creation of the future.
Spotlight
At a Glance: MIT's Newly Announced Initiatives in Education
New initiatives in learning to improve education from pre-K to high school, online, and around the world
Spotlight
IDEAS for New Educational Models
Since 2001, the MIT Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center’s IDEAS Global Challenge has helped more than 100 teams implement projects to improve the quality of life in 44 countries.
Made Here
Inside the Hobby Shop
The Campaign at a Glance
“We see humanity’s pressing global challenges as invitations to action. As we strive to meet these challenges, we seek allies who share our sense of mission, urgency, and infinite possibility.
Strength in Education
New initiatives in residential and digital education go manus in manus with MIT’s mind and hand ethos
The Incredible, Edible Pneumatic Interface
A reception on campus one evening this past January featured an unusual cooking demo. Or at least, it would be unusual if this weren’t MIT, where technologically enhancing a glob
Twice a year, the Office of Digital Learning’s MITx Grant Program provides a new round of funding for the development and operation of online modules that leverage the edX platform;
Since the edX platform was launched in 2012 by MIT and Harvard, MITx has reached more than 1.7 million unique enrollees from 195 countries. Enrollments are one way to measure
Undergraduates get a taste of environmental fieldwork in the shadow of a volcano
The Chirp Heard Across the Universe
By the time it reached Earth, the chirp was far too weak to be detected by humans. But the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors heard it—first in Livingston, Louisiana,
From Korea to Mexico, Dennis Frenchman reshapes city centers around technology
This spring, MIT marked the centennial of its transformation from Boston outpost to Cambridge icon. The festivities culminated in May with “Moving Day,” a community parade, pageant, and floating spectacle.
A gift to MIT may be based on a deep personal connection to the Institute, or to the questions and problems it strives to answer and solve. Gifts may be
Informing Education
The School Effectiveness & Inequality Initiative puts facts at the forefront of policy debate
Energizer
An engineer/MBA applies new carbon capture technology to the fossil fuel industry
The Head of the Class
At the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, research shapes education—and vice versa