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At a time when the world urgently needs more people who understand science and engineering, we must extend the power of hands-on, problem-based learning to students around the globe, even as we explore new models to enhance residential education.
Aug 31, 2010 · In the 150 years since, MIT's faculty, students, staff, and alumni have advanced the boundaries of fundamental science, helped launch whole new fields of inquiry and engineering, invented world-changing technologies, founded tens of thousands of companies, and reshaped teaching and learning around the world.
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The story of MIT begins with a heartfelt belief: that the American educational system of the 19th century was fundamentally broken. Instead of treating a scientific education and a practical education as fundamentally incompatible, its founders envisioned a new education to unify mens et manus, mind and hand, theory and practice, into a coherent pr...
From its inception, the new institution, offering a new education, attracted a new kind of student. Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman in the United States to earn a degree in STEM,03 You can read her thesis, on kinds of ore from Colorado, here. graduated from MIT in 1870. She soon became its first female faculty member, helped establish the ...
By the early 1900s, MIT had run out of room in its original Back Bay campus, and in 1916 moved to the left bank of the Charles Riverinto its current campus, which was designed and constructed by alumni. As America entered World War I, MIT became a military training ground,07 In fact, more MIT alumni served as commissioned officers in WWI than alum...
Marking and describing periods of history always becomes more difficult the closer one draws to the present. However, after the end of the Cold War, it’s probably safe to say that the recent history of MIT has been characterized primarily by continuing advances in research and entrepreneurship, public advocacy on behalf of science itself, and welco...
Jan 8, 2011 · The MIT 150 Exhibition, the most expansive exhibition ever developed by the MIT Museum, was a unique exhibition made up of stories and objects that members of the MIT community helped to select, collect and make available to the public, many for the first time.
Timeline. MITstory was created to continue the celebration of the Institute’s history that began with MIT's 150th anniversary in 2011. Tied closely to MIT’s mission, the MITstory website highlights key milestones from MIT’s history and provides quick access to other relevant MIT history resources.
150 evocative objects were curated to reveal MIT’s unique culture and history. Under the Dome: Come Explore MIT! More than 20,000 guests attended exhibits, demonstrations, and performances on MIT’s campus.
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Apr 10, 2011 · Those of us in higher education must take those questions seriously. But at MIT, our answer will ring out most clearly if we pick up the tools that William Barton Rogers left us, sharpen them for the great tasks of our own day and get down to work.
