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Through ReACT, refugee learners become “CEOs of their own lives”

February 26, 2020

The ReACT computer and data sciences cohort gathered with MIT Open Learning faculty and staff in Amman, Jordan, in 2019.

Dreaming big in a small country

February 24, 2020

(Left to right:) MIT students Kenny Li, Maya Murad, Devin Zhang, Tiffany Fung, Eduardo Rivera, Evan Pu, Taylor Baum, Julian Alverio, and Madhav Kumar participated in this year's MISTI Global Startup Labs program.

What pharmacy students in Ethiopia can do with supply chain education

February 19, 2020

Alexander Rothkopf (front row, left) joins pharmacy students at Addis Ababa University for the in-person portion of their blended online course.

An entrepreneur finds his way to MIT

February 17, 2020

MIT senior Jakub Chudik became interested in medical technology, especially related to cancer, after his younger brother, who was a toddler at the time, was diagnosed with cancer during Chudik’s first year of high school.

MIT launches master’s in in data, economics, and development policy, led by Nobel laureates

February 4, 2020

The first students to enroll in MIT’s new MicroMaster Program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy program arrived at MIT in January.

Testing the waters

January 28, 2020

Biology major Rachel Shen sees what most of us can’t: the impurities in our water, the matrices of plant cells, and the invisible processes that cycle nutrients in the oceans.

Accelerating the pace of engineering

January 28, 2020

MathWorks fellows with Anantha Chandrakasan (back row, center), dean of the MIT School of Engineering. Not pictured: Fellows Pasquale Antonante, Alireza Fallah, and Kate Reidy.

Health care innovators strive to make a difference

January 23, 2020

An award-winning startup founded by Maria Hahn (second from right) got its start at an MIT Technology and Innovation Bootcamp.

MIT Sloan launches MITx MicroMasters Program in Finance

January 15, 2020

Available on the edX platform, the MITx MicroMasters Program in Finance offers recent graduates, early- to mid-stage professionals, and others interested in or already pursuing a career in finance an opportunity to enhance their financial skill set or to fast-track a master’s degree in finance from MIT Sloan.

Bringing artificial intelligence and MIT to middle school classrooms

December 30, 2019

MIT researchers piloted a new curriculum to teach middle school students about ethics and artificial intelligence at the second annual Mass STEM Week, a statewide event to encourage more young people to explore science, technology, engineering, and math studies and careers.