Attending preschool makes children significantly more likely to go to college, according to a study led by MIT economist and MITili Deputy Director Parag Pathak.
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Although her research focuses on daunting issues such as global poverty, MIT Professor Esther Duflo never neglects to dedicate time to something else she finds just as important: mentoring her graduate students.
From educational workshops to foster student interest, to providing meaningful hands on internship experiences, Mbadika supports youth all across Boston. Read more
Beyond writing, Ji has done research in math, physics, and economics, sung in an a cappella group, co-chaired advocacy groups and math mentorship initiatives, and taught as a TA, volunteer mentor, and MIT-Italy GTL instructor.
An early love of solving puzzles and problems for fun piqued Herasymova’s initial interest in mathematics. When she later pursued her PhD in mathematics at Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Herasymova’s love of math evolved into a love of research.
Learning Beautiful makes tactile materials to inspire hands-on learning for kids between the ages of 3 and 9.
The goal has always been to share the tools and knowledge of synthetic biology with the widest possible audience, moving beyond molecular biology researchers to artists, engineers, and social justice advocates, among others.
The students, who call their study group İleri Çalışmalar, or “Advanced Studies,” are paving their own road toward doctoral-level studies — with MIT OCW as their main resource.
Experts in MIT Open Learning built a curriculum for three general types of military personnel — leaders, developers, and users — utilizing existing MIT educational materials and resources.
Built on recent advances in machine learning, the model predicts how well individuals will produce and comprehend sentences.