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Opening Dropbox
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Opening Dropbox

If you walk the halls at MIT, you may notice a lot of students wearing T-shirts bearing the Dropbox logo. It's a simple design—an opened box—but one that carries...

Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'
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Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'

"If there was a Ph.D. in learning everything, I would do that," the always-enthusiastic Sal Khan '98, MEng '98 said in a talk Wednesday at MIT's Kresge Auditorium...

Learning Software Development — By Developing Software
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Learning Software Development — By Developing Software

To simulate real-world software development, MIT is offering a new course that involves students in large, ongoing, open source software development projects with...

Students Have Engineering on the Brain
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Students Have Engineering on the Brain

MIT's "Neurotechnology Ventures" class offers students a chance to create businesses based on their study of the brain, psychology, artificial intelligence, neurobiology...

Making Sense of Big Data
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Making Sense of Big Data

MIT Ph.D. student Jameson Toole wants to harness seemingly innocuous data to improve human lives. 

Addressing the Complexities of Meritocracy
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Addressing the Complexities of Meritocracy

MIT's third annual Diversity Summit, held last week at Kresge Auditorium, reflected the growing importance of inclusion at the Institute: From 70 attendees at the...

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Tiny Tools Help Advance Medical Discoveries

To understand the progression of complex diseases such as cancer, scientists have had to tease out the interactions between cells at progressively finer scales—from...

Innovation in the Classroom
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Innovation in the Classroom

MIT's 'Future of Education' symposium examined the evolution of teaching and learning.

Lessons Learned from Mitx's Prototype Course
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Lessons Learned from Mitx's Prototype Course

As the team behind MIT's ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.

Mit, Intel ­nveil New Initiatives Addressing 'big Data'
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Mit, Intel ­nveil New Initiatives Addressing 'big Data'

MIT has been selected from among 55 institutions that submitted 157 proposals to host a new Intel research center that will concentrate on what's come to be called...

Daniela Rus Named Csail Director
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Daniela Rus Named Csail Director

Daniela Rus, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named the next director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial...

Whirr, Click, Hum: Robots Compete in Design Class Finale
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Whirr, Click, Hum: Robots Compete in Design Class Finale

A robotics competition at the conclusion of MIT's mechanical design class, "Design and Manufacturing 1," unleashed a variety of spinning, pumping, and striking...

Woodie Flowers, A Pioneer of Hands-On Engineering Education
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Woodie Flowers, A Pioneer of Hands-On Engineering Education

Woodie Flowers has created a fun, teamwork-based approach to learning the art of mechanical design.

MIT and Harvard Announce edX Online Education Platform
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MIT and Harvard Announce edX Online Education Platform

Harvard University and MIT have announced edX, an online education partnership intended to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and to build a global community...

Mitx: What the Students Think
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Mitx: What the Students Think

An international virtual community is growing up around 6.002x, or "Circuits and Electronics," the initial course offering of MIT's online educational initiative...

MIT Launches Student-Produced Educational Video Initiative
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MIT Launches Student-Produced Educational Video Initiative

MIT students are creating original short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, that aim to fuel K-12 students' interest in engineering and science.

Getting to the Root of Genetics
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Getting to the Root of Genetics

For Manolis Kellis, a deep interest in biology arose partly from an immersion in multiple languages.

A Tough Calculation
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A Tough Calculation

Why don't more women enter the male-dominated profession of engineering?

Hail to the Geeks
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Hail to the Geeks

Basketball dominates the American sports landscape in March. So perhaps it’s fitting that the sixth annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, held last week...

The Helper
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The Helper

MIT senior Jacob Wamala applies his engineering skills and his desire to serve to help improve the lives of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
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