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Safety first, and freeMIT student Paige Finkelstein starts Project Helmet to distribute free bike helmets to MIT community.

Polz to receive the American Society for Microbiology’s Elanco AwardDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering professor, who studies wild microbial communities, is the first ecologist to be selected.

Introducing the Center for Advanced UrbanismCreating new models for 21st century cities

MIT jumps to fifth in current Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standingsMIT's varsity athletics program ranked among the best in the nation for NCAA Division III programs.

Abudayyeh named a Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellow2012 alumnus will use fellowship to support his studies in the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program.

OCW provides challenges for talented young studentIndian teen Tuhin Bagi uses MIT OpenCourseWare to enhance his studies and set his sights on future endeavors.

Mary Boyce to lead Columbia University’s engineering schoolMechanical Engineering department head named dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Using biology to improve chemical synthesisMIT team finds a more economical way to create valuable building blocks for pharmaceuticals

Creating tomorrow's home: 'Soft' but resilientMIT-led team’s award-winning housing design unveiled as part of 21st-century model for sustainable urban development

New grants help amplify impact of MIT IDEAS Global Challenge teamsStudent-led entrepreneurship supported by new Venture Grants

Sports Shorts for March 25: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsUbellacker leads men's swimming and diving team to third-place finish at NCAA Championships; Tashman named All-American in basketball; Rafidi finishes ninth at NCAA Fencing Championship

Faculty describe experiments with digital learning on MacVicar DayParticipants discuss how they are 'reimagining the MIT classroom.'

Terrascope: Not the typical first semester classCourse requires undergrads to work in teams to present solutions to a complex problem with an interdisciplinary approach

NSE Rising Stars event offers young women researchers rare opportunitySymposium provided nuclear science and engineering students with chance to connect with academics and practitioners.

Peter Szolovits honored with Morris F. Collen Award of ExcellenceProfessor cited for 'commitment and dedication to biomedical informatics'

Burchard Scholars named for 2013Honorees chosen for demonstrating outstanding abilities and academic excellence in humanities, arts or social sciences, as well as in science and engineering

Demystifying the Cretaceous hothouseMIT researchers crack longstanding paradox in climate science