10/18/2003 9:00 AM KresgePauline Maier, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History; Description: "There was a time when it took enormous effort to make MIT students comfortable with subjects that had 'not just one right answer'. And so it has become easier to achieve what I think is ...
A video about last year's Catherine B. Reynolds Youpitch contest with a few updates for 2012
A presentation of a series of independent projects on the intersections of race, architecture and the city, Blind Spots represent spaces that may not be observed under certain circumstances. As a group, the projects explore the possibilities of descriptive terms and forms in architecture by ...
Trips to Portugal and India were the highlights of Yiting Shen’s, MBA ’07, time at MIT Sloan—so much so that she went to India to work after graduation.Read more at: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/buildingthefuture/sloan-stories.php
Yiting Shen MIT Sloan '06: Fascinating to see panelists from current students and two sponsors from India and China lab.
Yi Wang '09 received an MIT Public Service Center Grant to work in a D-Lab team on improving the efficiency of the charcoal and briquette production in Lunsar, Sierra Leone and other rural villages. After numerous trials, she found that coconut shells produced the most charcoal, however, ...
Yet One Word is a platformer that makes the player reflect on their lives, actions, and relationships to progress while maneuvering a faceless horned character through a world of perilous platforms. Unlike other platformers the player doesn't directly control the avatar's movement and jumps; ...
02/05/2009 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallMatt Gethers; Joy JohnsonDescription: Two students deliver heartfelt appeals for courage and integrity at the annual Martin Luther King Day breakfast. In the 1940s, Matt Gethers recounts, his grandfather was forced to flee South ...
02/05/2009 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallDr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Johnnetta B. Cole, Chair, Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity and Inclusion InstituteDescription: Two "sisters" -- both university chiefs -- celebrate the victory of the first African"American ...
Watch yellow jackets fly in this slow motion film by Doc Edgerton.
30lb combat robots sumo-style at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA.
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