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About openDOOR

OpenDOOR, a Web-only magazine published by the MIT Alumni Association, celebrates the rich diversity of intellectual activity and campus life at MIT by tying together existing material from the broader MIT Web site and capturing the voices of students, faculty, and alumni. OpenDOOR ceased publication in August 2006. Read our new online feature Quick Take.

Browse past editions of openDOOR:

July/August 2006: School of Architecture and Planning Innovations Advance the Human Environment
Completely wireless cities. A seeing machine for the blind. Housing that provides biofeedback. Innovation at the School of Architecture and Planning extends into many facets of life.

May/June 2006: Page by Page—The Class of 2006 Online
Web sites from graduating students in the Class of 2006 reveal a spirited, productive, quirky, well-traveled bunch. See for yourself in openDOOR's annual review of sites from graduate and undergraduate students.

March/April 2006: MIT's Engineers Explore New Fields, Access Innovative Learning Tools
Today's engineering students benefit from new fields of engineering inquiry, advanced teaching methods, and entrepreneurial training. The result? Groundbreaking inventions and research and a passion to improve the world. Learn how the School of Engineering prepares tomorrow's leaders.

January/February 2006: New Ideas Brewing in MIT's Cauldron of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) boasts 13 Nobel Prizes in Economics, a Poverty Action Lab that draws rock star Bono's interest, a new graduate program in science writing, and technological tools that create innovative learning experiences. Learn how SHASS puts a unique spin on the humanities and social sciences.

November/December 2005: Core Mysteries Solved at the School of Science
The world looks to MIT to solve many of life's core mysteries: how the brain works, how to predict deadly storms, the limits of matter. And MIT scientists respond with stunning discoveries. Learn about SoS research advancements and infrastructure enhancements.

September/October 2005: The Sloan School of Management—Discover the Future of Business
Learn about Sloan's new educational initiatives, cutting-edge research, and industry and academic collaborations in this edition, the first in a series exploring MIT's schools.

July/August 2005: Biological Engineering—Technology Day 2005
Learn about the latest MIT research advances in the field of bioengineering with openDOOR's coverage of Tech Day 2005.

April/May 2005: Page by Page: The Class of 2005 Online
Web sites from graduating students reflect the individuality, charm, and appeal of the Class of 2005. See the personality for yourself in openDOOR's annual review of sites from graduate and undergraduate students.

February/March 2005: Thinking Out of the Box at MIT
Fresh thinking is an MIT signature product. Read how new ideas are nurtured including the legendary student competitions, such as the annual robot design showdown 2.007, and a showcase for invention.

December 2004: Aging in the Age of High Tech
Today, people not only live longer but they're living better, thanks in part to advances in medicine, public policy, and technology. Older adults are more educated and more engaged than ever before, allowing them to work longer, continue learning, and actively enjoy their golden years.

October 2004: The Evolving Campus
Four years ago, openDOOR published a piece on the evolving campus, which focused on MIT's "most ambitious program of campus construction since the middle of the last century." Since that time, not only have buildings been razed and rebuilt from the ground up, but an infrastructure of emerging multidisciplinary education and research has been developed.

July/August 2004: Traveling the World
June 2004: Site Seeing, The Class of 2004
April/May 2004: Security Technologies
January/February 2004: Matter
November/December 2003: Engineering Health
September/October 2003: Pervasive Learning
July/August 2003: People, Information, and Mediating Technologies
May/June 2003: Site Seeing: The Class of 2003
March/April 2003: The Built Environment
January/February 2003: Energy Futures
November/December 2002: History and Culture
September/October 2002: Making Money Work
July/August 2002: Explore Earth Systems
June 2002: Meet the 2002 Graduates
May 2002: Language and Literature
April 2002: Next Generation Computing
March 2002: MIT Working in the World
February 2002: Tiny Technologies
January 2002: New and Future Media
December 2001: On Stage at MIT
November 2001: Mobility Turns the World
October 2001: Bioengineering and Beyond
September 2001: MIT's Leading Edge
July/August 2001: The Oceans' Embrace
June 2001: Reflecting 2001
May 2001: The Cosmos
April 2001: Real World Learning
March 2001: Invention
February 2001: Art+Technology
January 2001: The Environment
December 2000: The Brain
November 2000: Global Learning
October 2000: Practicing Entrepreneurship

Publisher: Maggy Bruzelius
Editor: Nancy DuVergne Smith (opendoor@mit.edu)
Writer: Amy Marcott
Design: Richland Design Associates