MITES Semester 2023 Best of Science Writing
December 11, 2023
From “A Future Where Humans and Technology Become One” to “From Beethoven to Bytes: The evolution of AI-generated music” to “Driving Toward Solutions: How Autonomous…
MITES Saturdays Fall 2022 Symposium returns to campus
January 8, 2023
prev slide next slide MITES Saturdays scholars gathered at MIT to present their projects in Computational Neurobiology, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Data…
MITES Semester 2022 Best of Science Writing
December 29, 2022
From “Nuclear energy is coming to a city near you. Here’s what you need to know about it” to “Wait, there’s trash in space?” to…
“Diverse people lead to diverse ideas”
November 19, 2022
Smells of steak, vegetables, and onions filled the air, the sizzle complementing sounds of laughter and music. Students from a variety of Black student groups…
Supporting parents = supporting students
March 8, 2022
By Angie Chatman, SM ‘88 The MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs (OEOP) is working with Peace at Home…
Engaging The Steve Fund for student health and wellness
March 8, 2022
By Angie Chatman, SM ‘88 MIT’s Office of Engineering Outreach and Programs (OEOP) engaged The Steve Fund to offer scholars workshops on wellness during…
OEOP to offer fully virtual learning experiences in Spring-Summer 2022
February 4, 2022
After conducting extensive research and weighing the current uncertainties related to Covid-19 and its variants, the MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs has decided…
The Best of MOSTEC 2021 Science Writing
September 19, 2021
For this year’s Mid-MOSTEC celebration we are unveiling the “Best of MOSTEC 2021 Science Writing,” a compilation of articles that spotlights our students’ curiosity,…
OEOP expands partnerships to improve online curriculum
August 18, 2021
In Spring of 2021, when SEED Academy was offered online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, instructors needed hands-on, engaging activities that could be delivered remotely.
MOSTEC scholars tackle real-world problems with innovation
November 17, 2020
A recap of the MOSTEC 2020 Virtual Final Symposium The first all-virtual MOSTEC 2020 Final Symposium took place over three evenings from August 9-August 11,…
Unveiling the Best of MOSTEC 2020 Science Writing
September 18, 2020
For this year’s Mid-MOSTEC celebration we are unveiling the “Best of MOSTEC 2020 Science Writing,” a compilation of articles that spotlights our students’ curiosity, creativity…
SEED Academy transitions robust curriculum online
July 23, 2020
SEED Academy students were about to attend the 4th session of their Spring 2020 semester when in-person gatherings were cancelled due…
Harnessing the transformative power of ‘p-sets’
July 20, 2020
Who knew problem sets (or ‘p-sets’) could have such transformative power? For Detroit natives Zharia Akeem and Dre’Vonne Hilton, six weeks of endless p-sets at…
OEOP to offer MOSTEC program only in summer 2020
March 21, 2020
Adhering to new MIT guidance on K-12 events in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the OEOP will not offer its residential MITES program…
Reaching record enrollment in SEED Academy
February 25, 2020
The Saturday Engineering Enrichment and Discovery (SEED) Academy program reached new records this Spring 2020 semester, with the largest overall enrollment, largest number of…
Student spotlight: MOSTEC’s impressive science writing
November 20, 2019
The MOSTEC Class of 2019 dove into science writing and communications and learned to raise awareness and interest in a science topic of their…
A successful Spring-Summer program season
October 25, 2019
We set new records in OEOP in 2019: 464 donors gave generously this year, 35% more donors than in 2018. Included in that number are more than 300…
Future engineers build confidence and community
April 25, 2018
Students get hands-on experience at the Broad Institute during a six-week enrichment program run by the MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs. By…
Eric Lander speaks to MITES 2016
January 5, 2017
Eric Lander, President and Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard speaks to MITES students. By Zack Messick Eric Lander,…
Middle schoolers get hands-on in summer engineering design course
September 14, 2015
By Meredith Lawrence While designing lessons for the 22 rising eighth graders in their Engineering Design course, instructors Julia Sun and Jonathan Corzo set two…
MITES: 40 years and over 2,200 students and counting
July 22, 2015
By Sydney Lester On June 12, 68 high school students from across the country arrived at MIT to participate in the Minority Introduction to Engineering…
Middle schoolers turn into roombas
July 22, 2015
Thirty-seven middle school students from Boston, Cambridge, and Lawrence, Massachusetts, participated recently in a hands-on robotics workshop with 27 undergraduate student, graduate student, and young…
STEM mentoring program introduces local middle school students to Neural Engineering
May 13, 2015
Words by Sydney Lester, video and photos by Victoria Quamme Fifty-one middle school students fromon Saturday, March 7 that taught them how engineers can improve…
Webinar speakers enhance MOSTEC experience
March 12, 2015
Aston Motes Through the MIT Online Science, Technology and Engineering Community (MOSTEC), high school seniors from across the country take part in…
In science and engineering program, lessons about life
March 3, 2015
By Sydney Lester For the nearly 100 high school students from Boston, Cambridge and Lawrence in Saturday Engineering Enrichment and Discovery (SEED) Academy, an academic-year…
MIT Sloan’s EMBA students provide career advice, network with future scientists and engineers
December 18, 2014
By Sydney Lester This summer, experienced professionals from industry and academia in the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Executive MBA program contributed their time and…
New green energy course inspires high school seniors from across the country
December 18, 2014
By Sydney Lester This summer, 15 rising high school seniors from across the country learned about renewable energy as part of a new course offered…
SEED Academy seminars teach local high school students about college admissions and financial aid
December 18, 2014
On October 18, Diane McKoy of Columbia University spoke to SEED Academy students about navigating college admissions. “You want to find that place where…
Workshop helps high school students communicate science to the public
October 16, 2014
Words by Sydney Lester, photos by Meredith Lawrence 132 rising high school seniors from across the country fine-tuned their abilities to communicate science to…
STEM program brings local middle school students to MIT for science and engineering enrichment
August 13, 2014
Words by Sydney Lester and Nick Holden, photos by Meredith Lawrence From July 7 through August 9, 86 students who attend public middle schools in Boston,…
MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor Wesley Harris speaks to MITES students as part of lecture series
July 14, 2014
By Sydney Lester Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Wesley Harris facilitated a lively discussion with the 72 Minority Introduction to Engineering and…
39th MITES class welcomed to MIT
June 20, 2014
By Alexandra Koktsidis On June 13, 72 rising high school seniors from across the country joined instructional staff and administration at MIT’s Simmons Hall…
Dean of Engineering speaks to local OEOP families during annual dinner
June 20, 2014
By Alexandra Koktsidis “Pick the thing that’s most exciting to you,” MIT Dean of Engineering Ian Waitz told students during the annual dinner with the…
Mechanical arm wrestling demonstrates muscles’ electrical signals for local middle school students and mentors
June 20, 2014
By Nick Holden On April 5, dozens of local middle school students stuck electrodes to their arms and observed the power of the electrical signals…
SEED Academy concludes semester with Graduation and Final Ceremony
June 19, 2014
By Alexandra Koktsidis “You have to believe the sky’s the limit. You can’t have limitations on your thoughts,” Dr. Yvonne Spicer, Ed.D. told students of…
Middle school mentoring students engineer creative prostheses in design challenge
December 5, 2013
On Saturday, November 16, over 60 middle school and college students wielded plungers, bubble wrap and duct tape in a design challenge to construct a…
Minority Introduction To Engineering and Science (MITES) students showcase summer projects at the Final Presentations Symposium
October 6, 2013
The 38th summer of the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) program came to a close with the Final Presentations Symposium on Friday, July…
Broad Institute researchers share personal paths to research with MOSTEC students
September 7, 2013
By Lena Bae Students enrolled in the MIT Online Science, Technology and Engineering Community (MOSTEC) learned about paths to research at the Broad Institute on…
Team of E2@MIT students builds and tests underwater robots
August 26, 2013
By Lena Bae E2@MIT student Nadia Ferrer explains her team’s underwater robotics project, which they designed to prevent a simulated oil spill from spreading. In…
Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute connect math lessons from Core Program with cancer research
August 21, 2013
By Lena Bae On Tuesday, August 13, researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute spoke to 19 middle and high school students of the Confronting Obstacles…
Start-up co-founder shares experiences in entrepreneurship with MOSTEC students
August 18, 2013
By Lena Bae Via live webinar, David Young explains to MOSTEC students how his start-up, Bounce Imaging, will produce low-cost, complex imaging technology for soldiers…
Media lab researcher delights and educates STEM students with creative apps
July 24, 2013
By Lena Bae Eric Rosenbaum demonstrates his creative software MaKey MaKey to four STEM students. On Friday, July 19, students of the MIT Science, Technology,…
NASA discusses next manned spacecraft with visiting high school students
July 24, 2013
By Lena Bae High school students and recent graduates participate in a panel discussion on NASA’s Orion spacecraft. The panel featured NASA representatives Rex Walheim,…
MITES class of 2013 welcomed to campus
June 26, 2013
By Nick Holden Students and staff of the 2013 MITES program attended the Welcome Dinner in Simmons Hall on June 14 The 78 students of…
Mentoring program students experiment with solar power
May 1, 2013
Students in the OEOP Middle School Mentoring Program conducted a simulation to measure electrical output from solar panels. In the April 6 session of the …
SEED Academy alum volunteers, prepares for med school at Bucknell
February 1, 2013
Breeze Victor (SEED ’10) volunteers with Bucknell Brigade, a group that provides humanitarian relief to a hurricane-ravaged area of Nicaragua Entering John D. O’Bryant School…
MITES makes a splash with robots
August 1, 2006
A rousing game of underwater Quidditch brought this year’s Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science program to a close on July 28. Read the full…