In Memory of Herb Gross
By Peter Chipman, OCW Digital Publication Specialist and OCW Educator Assistant We’re saddened to hear of the death of our friend Herb Gross, who passed away on May 27th at the age…
Continue readingBy Peter Chipman, OCW Digital Publication Specialist and OCW Educator Assistant We’re saddened to hear of the death of our friend Herb Gross, who passed away on May 27th at the age…
Continue readingA brilliant hands-on activity by her second grade teacher got Kelsey Moore, now an MIT graduate student, wondering about the earliest life on Earth. Students and teachers alike can find…
Continue readingBringing Synthetic Biology Education to Life Rob Matheson | MIT News Office December 4, 2015 Synthetic biology — which involves engineering biological systems for new uses — has become an…
Continue readingFour MIT faculty have just been elected AAAS Fellows, in recognition of their “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.” OCW is please to have course materials by…
Continue readingWorking at temperatures approaching absolute zero, a team led by MIT Physics professor and Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle has acheived the first magnetic trapping of an elusive “superfluid” phase of matter. MIT News…
Continue readingMIT does not have an education school, but it’s just announced a big new initiative with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation on elementary and secondary teacher training. From MIT News: MIT,…
Continue readingAs MIT’s spring semester wraps up, we always look forward to the latest installment in this classic MIT event. Congratulations to Allison and all the participants! Robots compete in “Hack to the…
Continue readingA couple of months ago, we posted a piece about OCW’s new Introduction to Geology course, taught by Professors Taylor Perron and Oliver Jagoutz, and featuring extensive commentary from the…
Continue readingMITEI releases report on the future of solar energy Report highlights enormous potential and discusses pathways toward affordable solar energy. Melissa Abraham | MIT Energy Initiative | May 5, 2015…
Continue readingFrom MIT News: Four MIT professors have just been have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a significant honor for scholars based on “distinguished and continuing achievements in…
Continue readingAs reported last week, some MIT math students recently racked up a big honor. MIT swept the board at this year’s prestigious William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, winning the team award and…
Continue readingA Menger Sponge is a three-dimensional fractal curve that has zero volume and infinite surface area. That may be hard to picture, but this MIT News video explains how the Menger Sponge is…
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