MIT Tech Connection

Provost Martin Schmidt has called for alumni to contribute ideas for the Engine, an MIT-based innovation accelerator designed to help start-ups pursuing capital- and time-intensive technologies. Read Schmidt's recent letter to the community to learn about the five working groups and how to access the Idea Bank.

Explore a new job or career online thanks to the MIT Alumni Virtual Career Fair on Jan. 27. Sign up now to learn about companies and jobs; log in from noon-4:00 p.m. EST for live one-on-one chats with company reps looking to hire MIT alumni.

A longtime MIT staff member still hand paints faculty names on department doors along the Infinite Corridor. Watch the video, Paint by Numbers, for a taste of his craft and the community response.

MIT professors, including economist Heidi Williams, physicist Nergis Mavalvala PhD '97, and mechanical engineer MIT Maker Czar Martin Culpepper SM '97, PhD '00, will join President L. Rafael Reif at the festive MIT Campaign for a Better World event in Los Angeles on Feb. 7. Alumni and friends are invited to attend and learn how MIT's vision and research impact the world.

Enjoy Cape Town, Victoria Falls, safari sights, and more, May 22–June 6.

See who from MIT made Forbes lists of outstanding under-30 professionals.

NASA selects two MIT projects, Psyche and Lucy, as new Discovery missions.

Atom interferometer method uses Bose-Einstein condensates to boost accuracy.

The final seconds were critical for the undergrad students who made it to the championship round in Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness. Find out how they did.

Find out what readers enjoyed most on Slice of MIT—and catch up on any top stories that you missed such as longevity research and brass rat wanderings.

Find out why first-year students get super soaked during Residential Exploration each fall—it's a tradition that consistently leaves East Campus on top.