Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

The mysteries in materials

October 24, 2012

MIT senior Shannon Taylor researches 500-year-old artifacts and art to understand and restore materials.

Also labeled: Archeology, History, Materials Science and Engineering, MISTI, Music, Student life, Students, Undergraduate

Where in the world did MIT undergraduates go?

October 11, 2012

In 2011-12, more than 700 took part in opportunities across the globe.

Also labeled: D-Lab, Global Education and Career Development, Global, MISTI, Student life, Students, Terrascope, Undergraduate

Replicating living structures

September 27, 2012

Research examines how to control spatial distribution of cells in microenvironments

Also labeled: Artificial tissue, Faculty, Health sciences and technology, Research, Students, Tissue engineering

Innovation in the classroom

September 21, 2012

‘Future of Education’ symposium, held before the inauguration of President L. Rafael Reif, examines the evolution of teaching and learning.

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Education, teaching, academics, EdX, Faculty, Global Education and Career Development, Inauguration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Global, Massive open online courses (MOOCs), MITx, Online learning, Open Learning Enterprise, OpenCourseWare, President L. Rafael Reif, Students, Educational Innovation and Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), D-Lab

Weapon-wielding marine microbes may protect populations from foes

September 6, 2012

In some populations, natural antibiotics are produced by a few individuals whose closest relatives carry genes conferring resistance.

Also labeled: Antibiotics, Broad Institute, Civil and environmental engineering, Microbes, National Science Foundation (NSF), Ocean science, Population, Research, Woods Hole, Undergraduate

Five-year effort by Campus Energy Task Force saves MIT millions of dollars, kilowatt-hours

December 21, 2011

Also labeled: Campus buildings and architecture, Campus services, Community, Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Facilities, Faculty, MIT Administration, Staff, Students, Sustainability

IROP students around the world

October 21, 2011

During the 2010-2011 academic year, International Research Opportunities Program students conducted research around the world in 18 different countries.

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Global Education and Career Development, Global, Research, Students, International Research Opportunities Program (IROP), Singapore-MIT

Undergraduate energy research ‘fueled’ by team approach

September 8, 2011

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Mechanical engineering, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Students, Nanoscience and nanotechnology

Undergraduate develops method to predict spread of marine invasive species

August 19, 2011

Also labeled: MIT Sea Grant, Marine invasive species

Recognizing outstanding undergraduate research

May 18, 2011

2011 UROP Awards and Eloranta Research Fellowship Recipients named

Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Education, teaching, academics, Research, Students, Undergraduate

Q&A with Kim Vandiver

November 9, 2010

Dean for undergraduate research discusses his role, UROPs and more.

Also labeled: Edgerton, Education, teaching, academics, MIT Administration, Students, Undergraduate

Data points of light

November 2, 2009

MIT’s undergraduates fight poverty one statistic at a time, thanks to coordination between the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

Also labeled: Economics, International development, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Poverty, Student life, Students