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By: Andrew Whitacre | MIT RAISE
On the morning of June 5, students from two Boston high schools gathered at the Museum of Fine Arts to celebrate the 2025 Day of AI, sharing original projects developed using the new RAISE-developed curriculum AI and the Creative Arts. Read more
By: Mariah Rawding | MIT Open Learning
Featuring a diverse lineup of speakers, including Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics and an interactive projects showcase, the event empowered youth to tackle big challenges together. Read more
By: Peter Dizikes | MIT News
Dimitris Bertsimas PhD ’88, a leader in operations research, has been named the recipient of the 2025-26 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, the highest honor the MIT faculty grants its own professors. Read more
By: Seb Murray | MIT Sloan
Some US universities are among the country’s most prolific sources of new inventors, producing a significant share of first-time patent holders, study finds. Read more
By: Stefanie Koperniak | MIT Open Learning
Ukrainian students and collaborators provide high-quality translations of MIT OpenCourseWare educational resources. Read more
By: Lauren Rebecca Thacker | MIT Open Learning
The 17-year-old student from Spain uses MIT resources to deepen her understanding of math and physics. Read more
By: Anne Wilson | Department of Mechanical Engineering
Through workshops based on an MIT class, students in Kenya and Uganda gained hands-on experience engineering medical hardware. Read more
By: Katherine Ouellette | MIT Open Learning
The MIT Festival of Learning sparked discussions on better integrating a sense of purpose and social responsibility into hands-on education. Read more
By: Lauren Rebecca Thacker | MIT Open Learning
Ana Trišović, who studies the democratization of AI, reflects on a career path that she began as a student downloading free MIT resources in Serbia. Read more
By: Zach Winn | MIT News
EduFi, founded by an MIT alumna, provides low-interest student loans to families in Pakistan so more can attend college. Read more