Math Prize for Girls competition helps to close the gender gap in mathematics | MIT News
MIT hosts the 10th annual contest encouraging STEM careers for female middle and high school students.
Sandi Miller | Department of Mathematics | Sept. 27, 2018~10 mins |
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For J-WEL, a year of transforming education | MIT News
The Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab connects MIT and the world via collaboratives focused on pK-12, higher education, and workplace learning.
Danielle Pagano | Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) | May 21, 2018~6 mins |
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Rock music helps students and educators explore engineering | MIT News
Playful Learning Lab, founded by AnnMarie Thomas ’01, is collaborating with rock band OK Go to create hands-on PK-12 engineering experiences.
Jay London | MIT Alumni Association | April 20, 2018~4 mins |
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Startup aims to democratize synthetic biology | MIT News
Alumna’s mini-lab kits include all necessary tools and materials for anyone to start engineering microbes.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | April 18, 2018~9 mins |
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This is what a scientist looks like | MIT News
Researchers celebrate women in environmental sciences and engineering at the MIT Museum’s Girls Day.
Lauren Hinkel | Oceans at MIT | April 3, 2018~13 mins |
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Sealing the cracks in public education | MIT News
MIT senior Yazmin Guzman wants to change the educational landscape to provide opportunities to all K-12 students.
Fatima Husain | MIT News correspondent | Feb. 14, 2018~8 mins |
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Featured video: Learning lessons from teaching others | MIT News
Computer science major Melanie Chen serves as teaching assistant, curriculum developer, and mentor to high school students in a unique MIT program.
MIT News Office | Dec. 5, 2017~4 mins |
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Physicists design $100 handheld muon detector | MIT News
Pocket-sized device detects charged particles in surrounding air.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Nov. 20, 2017~8 mins |
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High School teams awarded 2017-18 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant for invention projects | MIT News
Fifteen student teams nationwide address local problems through invention.
Lemelson-MIT Program | Oct. 30, 2017~4 mins |
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Course helps girls in Botswana avoid HIV and “sugar daddies” | MIT News
Youth-to-youth program teaches girls about the increased odds of contracting HIV from older men.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Oct. 25, 2017~8 mins |
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