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…
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Investigating Earth’s Earliest Life (MIT News)
A 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 (MIT News)
Bringing 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 elected AAAS Fellows (MIT News)
Four 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 readingA New Look at Superfluidity (MIT News)
Working 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 in New Collaboration to Transform Teaching in the Digital Age
MIT 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 reading2.007 Robots Compete in “Hack to the Future” (MIT News)
As 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 readingMIT Geologists in the News
A 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 (MIT News)
MITEI 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 readingNational Academy of Sciences Elects Four MIT professors (MIT News)
From 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 readingAdding Up to a Big Win: MIT Dominates at Annual Putnam Math Competition (MIT News)
As 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 readingMega Menger: Building a Menger Sponge at MIT (MIT News)
A 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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