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MIT-Wits Program continues to thrive

Professor Hazel Sive (front, second from left) visits Tshimologing, a digitial innovation precinct in Johannesburg, South Africa, with some 2019 Global Startup Labs participants.

Tackling the misinformation epidemic with “In Event of Moon Disaster”

Using sophisticated AI and machine learning technologies, the "In Event of Moon Disaster" team merged Nixon's face with the movements of an actor reading a speech the former president never actually delivered.

MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society builds educational partnership in Uruguay

Learners at the Uruguay Technological University (UTEC) Program in Data Science will take the MITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science, with support from IDSS.

Learners today, leaders tomorrow

During the MicroMasters completion celebration, credential holder David Fong describes how his work with the nonprofit Spur Afrika was informed by his coursework in Data, Economics, and Development Policy.

Universities support MIT and Harvard in legal action against ICE visa policy

Learning during lockdown

Professor Jeff Hoffman delivers a lecture as part of the materials for his MITx course, "Introduction to Aerospace Engineering." MITx courses have seen over 500,000 enrollments since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

MIT Arab SciTech Virtual IDEAthon rethinks learning during Covid-19

More than 250 people from 25 countries participated in the MIT Arab SciTech Virtual IDEAthon, hosted by the MIT Arab Student Organization. Seen here: MIT Arab Scitech mentors and judges

Team 2020 charts a course for MIT

MIT and Biogen launch virtual learning lab for underrepresented high school students

The online summer program will teach students about biotechnology and the unique ways neuroscientists and inventors use STEM knowledge to solve problems.

Mathematics department recognized for STEM student enrichment program

The Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science (PRIMES) pairs high school students with MIT graduate students and postdocs to investigate unsolved problems in mathematics, computer science, and computational biology.