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Former MIT President Joins as HKS Professor
Susan Hockfield, the first female president of the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, will serve as the Marie Curie Visiting Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School this academic year, the school announced Friday.
Found in The Crimson's Archives
The Crimson has been doing some summer cleaning around the building and found this classic picture (on the left) from ...
EdX Expands to Include Berkeley
EdX, the free not-for-profit online learning venture co-founded by Harvard and MIT, will be adding a third university to the mix after EdX announced the addition of the University of California, Berkeley on Tuesday.
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EdX represents an opportunity to advance pedagogy by encouraging research and collaboration between institutions of higher learning, with the support of the influential Harvard and MIT brands.
Faculty Enthusiastic About Harvard's Move to Online Education
Faculty response to the announcement has been largely positive, with professors across a wide range of disciplines citing not only increased public access but also on-campus advantages and applications of edX.
Harvard and MIT Launch Virtual Learning Initiative EdX
Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Wednesday that the two institutions will spend $30 million each to jointly launch an online platform that makes lecture videos, class exercises, and quizzes available online to learners anywhere.
With Ceremony, Army ROTC Moves In to the Quad
Harvard welcomed the Army SROTC back to campus Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Army’s new office in the SOCH.
GZA Talks Worldwide Hip-Hop at MIT
The Wu-Tang Clan rapper visited MIT to discuss his career and hip-hop's international prominence.
Cambridge Planning Board Hears Local University Developments
Representatives from Harvard, MIT, and Lesley University presented development projects to the Cambridge Planning Board and community members Tuesday evening in Central Square.
Occupy Builds Dome To Brave Winter
Organizers of Occupy Harvard have installed a metal dome that they may weatherize in coming weeks and point to the construction as symbolic of their intent to outlast the winter.
MIT Engineers Shenanigans
What do primer cord, weather balloons, and model rockets have to do with the Harvard-Yale game? All have been utilized in MIT pranks on the day of The Game.
MIT Freshman Satto Tonegawa Dies at 18
An 18-year-old MIT freshman was discovered dead in his dorm room on Tuesday afternoon.
Former Harvard Ethics Fellow Accused of Hacking Into MIT Network
Aaron Swartz faces up to 35 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million for allegedly stealing more than 4 million documents from JSTOR.
Amazon Ranks Cambridge Most 'Well-Read' American City
Buying all those textbooks on Amazon.com seems to have paid off. Cambridge, Mass. ranked first in Amazon.com's list of the most well-read cities in the United States, the Fortune 500 company announced at the end of May.
Yale Will Get ROTC Unit on Campus
Yale will establish a Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit on its campus and begin accepting cadets in fall of 2012.
Renaissance Engineering
In the four years since SEAS became its own school within the University, Harvard has come a long way towards addressing that “incomplete” on its report card.
City Council Discusses Kendall Square Nightlife
Cambridge City Council members last night discussed potential plans for MIT to pay $175,000 to the city in order to reinvigorate nightlife in Kendall Square.
Photography Beyond Portraiture
Photographer Berenice Abbott engages in a broader form of portraiture, capturing the various idiosyncrasies of her subjects while preserving her own distinctive artistic style.
MIT Psychology Professor Talks About New Book
At a gathering at the Barker Center yesterday, MIT Psychology Professor Sherry Turkle—whose work has focused on the psychological impact of technology—said that despite technology’s potential to bring society together, its users often feel isolated.
Harvard Shares Books with Ivies
In a historic move, the Harvard University Library will begin sharing its approximately 17 million volumes with the seven other members of the Ivy League.
Check Out Independent Activities Period at MIT
Harvard is pretty sleepy during J-term—the undergraduate population shrinks by more than 80 percent, many of the students who remain on campus are holed up in their rooms writing theses, and even those who aren’t hard at work are banned from holding parties or hosting guests. But just down the river, MIT is an exciting place to be during the first month of the year.